Nawaz Sharif advises PPP to go for early elections in Pakistan

 “Wisdom demands that the PPP seek a fresh mandate because it is the only way to wriggle out from the morass they find themselves in,” the former prime minister said while talking to media at a hotel.

“I had decided to call early elections in 1993 after the restoration of my government by the Supreme Court,” Mr Sharif claimed, recalling the dismissal by then President Ghulam Ishaq Khan.

He warned the government that if it tried to complete its tenure ignoring ground realities and refusing to bring good governance, the economic and political situation would deteriorate further.

The suggestion comes at a critical juncture for the PPP since it is embroiled in a host of crises and controversies ranging from the memo case to President Asif Zardari’s illness and speculation about his future.

And to compound the situation is its gradual estrangement with the military establishment, the latest manifestation of which was the unusual clarification made by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) the previous day belittling
talk of any ‘deal’ behind the president’s return to the country.

In reply to a question about the imbalance in civil-military relationship, Mr Sharif said parliament should have oversight over the army and Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) budgets.

Mr Sharif, who began a three-day visit to Karachi on Tuesday, recalled the crucial phase Pakistan was passing through and said President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani should realise that their image was very bad in the eyes
of people and they had lost credibility.

In reply to another question, the PML-N chief said the 2008 elections had provided an opportunity to change the situation by pursuing the “charter of democracy” in its true spirit, but the PPP government violated its commitment
and agreements made with his party.

He said Pakistan today stood isolated and it was high time for the government not to test the country’s friends, otherwise the countries of the world might join together to form a uniformed opinion about Pakistan, which would be
awkward to handle.

When a questioner asked about what remedy he had planned for overcoming the grim economic situation, Mr Sharif said he had a good team of economic experts and the PML-N manifesto committee would be meeting on December 23 to work
out a plan for future economic policies which could deliver.

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