Respect SC verdict but have my reservations, says Nawaz
Former premier held an informal chat with a group of journalists at PM House
August 08, 2017
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday that although he respects the Supreme Court’s verdict ordering his disqualification, he has reservations about it.
In an informal chat with a group of journalists at Punjab House, the former prime minister wondered if the people’s mandate will ever be respected.
He said even former premier Yousaf Raza Gilani’s case should not have led to his disqualification.
When asked if he would retire from politics, Sharif said “I have to complete my century now,” adding that he is not one to sit idle at home.
“We did not send Musharraf abroad, the courts did,” he said, adding that security threats exist over his GT Road rally but he still has to go home.
He told journalists that he was sent out of the office and now he is going home adding that going home was not a power show.
Sharif also said that his goal is to initiate a political debate in and out of Parliament so no prime minister can be sent home [the way he was].
The former premier has been holding meetings with government officials, political leaders, business persons and journalists since his return from Murree on Saturday. He had shifted out of the PM House to his private residence in Murree following his disqualification on July 28.
Nawaz plans to move to Lahore tomorrow morning in the shape of a rally via the GT Road. He is expected to make several pit-stops along the way where he will address supporters and party workers.
