LAHORE: Former President and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co Chairman Asif Ali Zardari said on Monday said that he won’t spare former premier Nawaz Sharif this time and labeled him a national thief. He said that Nawaz Sharif is employing the ‘chaos theory’ to occupy resources of people and strengthen his monarchy
The former president was addressing a rally held at Lahore’s historic Mochi Gate ground. The PPP held the public gathering to express its support for the Kashmiri struggle against Indian state brutality.
Zardari said that Nawaz Sharif stole Kashmiris’ mandate in collusion with an influential, whose name would be disclosed at the right time.
PPP co-chairman alleged Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif of ‘stealing from the people of Pakistan’. He said that he prays that people get rid of Nawaz Sharif and PML-N.
Zardari vowed to the public that the next elections will be fair, saying that no one will go home without casting vote.
Former President said that today he is standing at the place where in the past renowned leaders such as Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Liaquat Ali Khan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Benzair Bhutti stood.
Zardari said that the PML-N leaders do not comprehend the idea of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. “They think it is a scheme for taking loans,” he added.
The former president said that for the sake of democracy, the PPP leaders faced jails.
While referring to the occupied valley, Zardari said ‘Kashmir is our jugular vein’.
Earlier, PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan addressed the rally. He said that the Sharif family did not present any evidence in the Panama case.
The PPP leader said that Nawaz failed to effectively raise voice for the plight of Kashmiris.
Leader of the Opposition Khursheed Shah also addressed the rally. He said that Mochi Ground is the place where voice was raised for Kashmiris, and the rights of the underprivileged. INP