"The verdict has been given against a person who made Pakistan an atomic power" : Shehbaz Sharif

[MenInG]

"The verdict has been given against a person who made Pakistan an atomic power" : Shehbaz Sharif

NAROWAL: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Shehbaz Sharif called the recent Avenfield decision against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif as ‘murder of justice’.

An accountability court had pronounced the verdict in the corruption reference against the Sharif family on Friday, sentencing Nawaz to 11 years in prison along with a £8 million fine.

The former premier's daughter Maryam was sentenced to eight years with a £2 million fine (Rs335 million), while Captain (retd) Safdar received a one-year prison sentence. before the 10-day deadline for appeal against the accountability court’s decision ends.

The PML-N leader while addressing a rally in Narowal said that the court of masses has rejected the decision against Nawaz, Maryam and Captain (retd) Safdar.

"The verdict has been given against a person who made Pakistan an atomic power," he said. "He built a network of motorways in the country."

Taking a jibe at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader, Shehbaz said that Imran Khan has destroyed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. "He (Imran Khan) promised that he will give electricity to the entire country, today he says that we are producing only 72 megawatts."

Shehbaz said that he could not forget the day when flood hit Narowal.

"When I used to come here there was floodwater everywhere, today I can see flood of people supporting PML-N," he added.

The former Punjab chief minister said that in 2013 there were protests all over the province outside WAPDA offices.

"I told Nawaz that we will end load shedding in five-year time. We gave 11,000 mega watt in five-year time," he said.

The PML-N leader claimed that Narowal has become a modern district as it receives cheap fuel, tube wells, and electricity.

Earlier, before Shehbaz's address, PML-N leader and former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal welcomed the party leader to the city. "We welcome the party leader to the fortress of PML-N," he said."

https://www.geo.tv/latest/202272-shehbaz-calls-avenfield-decision-murder-of-justice

 

[enkidu_]

lol

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[Ahsanax]

lol

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hey [MENTION=137893]enkidu_[/MENTION] how old is this?

 

[Mian]

hey [MENTION=137893]enkidu_[/MENTION] how old is this?

6/7 years when Talat was working with Dawn and we had PPP govt.

 

[Pakpak]

Yes, Nawaz decided Pakistan would make weapons in weeks after India tested theirs.

The army ofcourse had not already made them or made advances to the point where all it needed was tests. Infact only Nawaz's order rapidly made us a nuclear power in weeks.

 

[Zaz]

No the verdict has been given against the person who robbed the country

 

[PakLFC]

No mention of inviting Modi or Jindal to Pak. The military made Pak a nuclear power not this corrupt man.

 

[Couch Cricketer]

We already were an atomic power the nuclear test caused us us more harm than good. We fell into the indian trap by conducting the test and harmed our economy in the process because of sanctions. From the point onwards our economy stagnated hugely where as it was a huge chance for us to use indian nuclear test to build up our economy by using all the money being offered by the West to not conduct a test.

 

[Pakpak]

We already were an atomic power the nuclear test caused us us more harm than good. We fell into the indian trap by conducting the test and harmed our economy in the process because of sanctions. From the point onwards our economy stagnated hugely where as it was a huge chance for us to use indian nuclear test to build up our economy by using all the money being offered by the West to not conduct a test.

Not really. Indians were making threats week after week and in wake of an invasion we'd been in major trouble.

 

[Fineline]

No mention of inviting Modi or Jindal to Pak. The military made Pak a nuclear power not this corrupt man.

The military?Are you Sure?

 

[Fineline]

Some guys here love to highlight Bhutto's failures or post videos where is he is seen abusing but don't have the guts to say that it was actually Bhutto who made Pakistan a nuclear power.

 

[Mian]

The military?Are you Sure?

Bhutto, Zia, AQ, Army and and Ishaq Khan are the reason we are a nuclear power.

 

[Fineline]

Bhutto, Zia, AQ, Army and and Ishaq Khan are the reason we are a nuclear power.

Credit should always be given to the person who lays the foundation otherwise,Shahbaz Sharif or Nawaz Sharif's claims aren't exactly wrong. ZAB and AQ are the sole founders of Pakistan's Nuclear Program.

 

[Greenstorm]

Credit should always be given to the person who lays the foundation otherwise,Shahbaz Sharif or Nawaz Sharif's claims aren't exactly wrong. ZAB and AQ are the sole founders of Pakistan's Nuclear Program.

Our nuclear program could not have been completed without army. Cannot say the same regarding Sharifs.

 

[Fineline]

Our nuclear program could not have been completed without army. Cannot say the same regarding Sharifs.

That's true but claiming that Military made Pakistan a Nuclear power is too far fetched.Bhutto played the vital role and is recognized as the instigator of Pakistan's Nuclear Program.This is similar to how Pakistan couldn't have come into existence if it hadn't been for Quaid's toil.

 

[Couch Cricketer]

Not really. Indians were making threats week after week and in wake of an invasion we'd been in major trouble.

No it was not we already had atomic weapons India had no real plans to attack it was just a tactic to force us to do the test so that they don't get isolated internationally for doing the nuclear test alone.

 

[Pakpak]

No it was not we already had atomic weapons India had no real plans to attack it was just a tactic to force us to do the test so that they don't get isolated internationally for doing the nuclear test alone.

If you think India would not have attacked us in 2002, 2008 and 2016 without our nukes then you're deluded.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

I didn't know the verdict was given against Dr.Abdul Qadeer Khan.

 

[Couch Cricketer]

If you think India would not have attacked us in 2002, 2008 and 2016 without our nukes then you're deluded.

We already had the nukes just like Israel has nukes everyone knew it and we didn't need to do the nuclear test.

 

[Pakpak]

We already had the nukes just like Israel has nukes everyone knew it and we didn't need to do the nuclear test.

We did. Had India attacked us we would never have had time to assemble and try and use them in any operational way.

 

[Abdullah719]

Election rigged in Imran Khan’s favour, claims opponent

Pakistan’s largest political party has condemned what it says are attempts to rig this week’s general election, with its candidates and supporters facing arrest or intimidation by the security forces.

Shehbaz Sharif, who has led the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) since his brother Nawaz Sharif was jailed recently for ten years for corruption, said there was “solid evidence” that the polls were being rigged, amid widespread allegations of interference in the election by the country’s powerful military. His brother, the former prime minister, had been treated like an animal, he added.

PMLN candidates claim they have been ordered to defect from the party amid a systematic campaign of intimidation by agents of Pakistan’s “deep state”. Hundreds of party activists have been arrested in recent days, while Hanif Abbasi, one of the party’s MPs, was jailed for life at the weekend in a drug-smuggling case that has dragged on for seven years.

The sudden breakthrough in the trial — too close to polling day for PMLN to appoint a replacement candidate — has added to the allegations of systemic bias against the party.

Nawaz Sharif has claimed that he is the victim of a soft coup by the military, orchestrated through the courts to tip the election in favour of Imran Khan, the opposition leader and former Pakistan cricket captain. Shehbaz Sharif now faces terrorism charges after leading a rally in support of his brother.

Speaking to The Times this week at his home in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province, Mr Sharif railed at the treatment of his brother and the condition of his prison cell. “He was made to sleep on the floor. This is unheard of: a three-time prime minister who made Pakistan a nuclear power by the grace of God [and] strengthened the economy, is made to sleep on the floor.” He added: “His lavatory — even animals would not answer the call of nature there.”

Mr Sharif said that hundreds of PMLN supporters had been arrested in Punjab and that opinion poll data was being manipulated to give a false sense of momentum building behind Mr Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. “They arrested our workers, thrashed our workers, lodged antiterrorism cases against me and my colleagues. This is unacceptable. If elections are rigged, the electoral commission will be responsible.”

He was reluctant to blame the military. “The commission is responsible for ensuring free and fair elections, none other. They are supposed to be neutral but they have lost their neutrality completely.”

The PMLN is thought to have lost at least 15 candidates in Punjab, who either switched sides to the PTI or dropped the party ticket to run as independents, enabling them to throw in their lot with whoever forms the next government.

Mr Sharif is determined to ensure the survival of the party beyond its present crisis. The party and family have rallied public sympathy around Nawaz’s fate, but the brothers have a complex, often conflicted relationship. Shehbaz was said to have been ambivalent about his brother returning from London to face his accusers in court but feared the party could be wiped out if its leader stayed in Britain, living in gilded exile.

Nawaz was accused of stabbing Shehbaz in the back when he was removed from office by the courts last year, passing his brother over for the post of interim prime minister. Shehbaz’s wife, Tehmina Durrani, lambasted the prime minister for “putting a most loyal brother in such a contradictory position”.

Nawaz had hoped to safeguard the leadership for his preferred successor, his daughter Maryam, but she too has been jailed, leaving the path open for Shehbaz, if he can keep the party afloat in the coming days and avoid prosecution himself.

Umair Javed, a political consultant in Lahore, said: “I think Shehbaz’s survival instinct is based first on ambition. He really does want the top job but I think he’s reconciled to the fact it’s not going to happen this time round.”

Mr Sharif set family loyalties aside to seek a meeting with Pakistan’s army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, this year but little came of it. However, some among the top brass are thought to be uneasy at Mr Khan’s hot-headed streak and suggest that Mr Sharif need only bide his time.

Mr Javed said: “If the military had any indication that Shehbaz could keep Nawaz’s faction out of the party they would back him fully and ditch Imran in an instant. He is a much more stable partner.”

Mr Khan has vowed to usher in a “new Pakistan” of transparent government, with better access to jobs, education and healthcare for the people. The latest polls show the PTI leading nationwide, and drawing alongside the PMLN in Punjab, which has more seats than every other province combined.

“We will shout from the top of our voice that these elections are rigged, we will not accept the results. If it happens, God forbid,” said Mr Sharif.

Even if Mr Khan does emerge victorious on Wednesday he could find himself in charge of an unwieldy coalition with smaller parties — the preferred outcome of the Pakistani military, some observers say, because a fractious government would be powerless to stop the army tightening its grip on key areas of policy and the economy.

There is a growing air of resignation among PMLN officials in the countdown to the vote. Every night in Lahore, the party’s election banners and posters are torn down by unseen hands and every morning activists diligently put them up again.

Mr Sharif remains defiant. “We are going to win. We are going to form the national government despite all these atrocities,” he said. “The people are with us, because Nawaz Sharif has delivered and Nawaz Sharif has been wronged.”

Army’s shadow looms large
The army has a long history of meddling in Pakistani politics, with generals ruling the country for almost half of its 71-year history thanks to a series of coups. Nawaz Sharif was ousted by the military twice in the 1990s, and his third term was defined by mounting friction as he sought to roll back the army’s influence on foreign policy and tighten the defence budget.

Efforts to improve relations with India and curb the army’s support for Islamist proxy groups such as the Taliban brought tensions to a head. Nawaz blames the army for his demise, but his brother Shehbaz Sharif has sought to repair ties with the generals since assuming leadership of the PMLN party.

Such is the power of the army and the ISI, Pakistan’s notorious spy agency, that a climate of fear pervades the party. One PMLN candidate said this month that he was assaulted by Pakistani intelligence agents and told to dump the party ticket, but he then had a sudden change of heart, blaming overzealous officials with the irrigation department instead.

In 71 years since independence, no democratically elected prime minister has completed a full five-year term. Imran Khan is the favourite to triumph this week — but the history of Pakistani politics suggests that he will cross the army soon enough.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...tions-rigged-for-imran-khan-victory-pb5j6f0tf