KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leadership on Wednesday accused the ‘state’ of making all-out efforts to bring back PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, even at the cost of damaging democratic norms and delaying general elections beyond the constitutionally-mandated deadline.
While addressing a rally marking the 16th anniversary of Karsaz bombing on ex-premier Benazir Bhutto’s homecoming convoy that claimed over 200 lives, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari though welcomed the expected return of the elder Sharif on Saturday, he was critical about the ‘old tactics’ being used to favour one party and corner all others.
Mr Bhutto-Zardari was sure it was only the elder Sharif’s impending return that had kept the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from giving an election schedule. “I hope after all such effort put by the state, the welcome [of Nawaz Sharif] would be a good show,” he said. “It’s a good omen that someone is returning home. Everyone should make his contribution to solve the challenges being faced by the country. But we have seen that for only one person, the democratic norms and Constitution were compromised and elections were delayed.”
The PPP chairman questioned ECP’s ‘silence’ over election schedule and in a jibe targeting the constitutional body expressed the ‘hope’ that with the elder Sharif’s return, it would finally announce an election date.
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