INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
PTI-PAT sit-in planted to oust me from power over Musharraf treason trial: Nawaz SharifISLAMABAD: Former Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif said that the four-month protest sit-in staged by PTI and PAT in 2014 was planted to oust him from power over his
decision to put Pervez Musharraf on trial for high treason
Addressing a press conference at Punjab House here on Wednesday, Sharif read his statement he gave earlier before an accountability court
hearing Avenfield property references
punishment for him taking legal action against Musharraf despite being warned not to do so.He said that the head of an intelligence agency
had conveyed a message to "resign or go on a long leave
said that PTI and PAT were pawns who had been asked to hold sit-ins to weaken his government
"Before the filing of the treason case I had met Imran Khan and he never demanded my resignation
But surprisingly after Musharraf was booked, he met Tahirul Qadri in London where they decided to stage a sit-in against my government."The
accountable"."Only a few people in the armed forces staged a coup but the entire institution has to pay the cost," he added.Nawaz said that
he had already been punished once for his unwavering stance on civil supremacy, recalling: "Nineteen years ago, I was detained in torture
cells, I was sentenced to life imprisonment, I was handcuffed and jetted off
Was there a Panama at that time The answer is simply no
At that time, too, I was demanding civil supremacy
I wanted foreign and domestic policies to be in the hand of the elected representative."Sharif defended his government's record over the
last five years, saying: "I am a son of the soil
Supreme Court's July 28 verdict
"That judgement may satisfy some people but it was not good for the overall image of Pakistan
It did not contribute to the judiciary or criminal justice system because of the uncertainty arising after the verdict."The founder of the
PML-N then questioned the NAB court as to why judiciaries of the past did not do anything against dictatorial regimes."Why was Liaquat Ali
Khan martyred, why was Zulfikar Bhutto hanged, and why was Benazir Bhutto also martyred I wish there was a court that could dare to ask
generals why they abrogated the Constitution and why the judges legitimised their dictatorial regimes."The PML-N supreme leader reiterated
that the allegations levelled against him are baseless and asked accountability court judge Mohammad Bashir to "make a just decision since
you and me both will appear before Allah Almighty one day."Sharif said that his ouster from politics by getting him banned for life was
considered the only solution to keep him out of power
About the Panana Papers case, he said that he had no idea how many people, prime ministers and heads of states were ousted from power
Mr Sharif said that he had been facing similar situation for the last 20 years while there was no Panama Papers to blame
