LONDON: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz head Mian Nawaz Sharif has slammed Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairwoman Benazir Bhutto for her party’s ongoing deal with the government. Sharif also criticised Bhutto for breaching the “ Charter of Democracy (CoD)”. Talking to a private TV channel on Sunday he said the PPP’s deal with Musharraf would be unpopular and hazardous. He vowed to continue his struggle against the military rule. Referring to the PPP’s deal with President Musharraf for the upcoming elections, he said: “It is not a matter of elections, but the restoration of democracy without the army’s involvement.” “Freedom cannot be begged, but one should struggle for it,” he added.
He expressed his reservations about the recent growing contacts between the PPP and the government. He said the PPP had violated the CoD, as the accord “prohibits any deal with a dictator”. He announced that his party members would resign from the assemblies in case of the re-election of President General Musharraf from the existing assemblies. Sharif said, “ It is natural to express suspicions about Bhutto and her party, following her absence from the All Parties Conference (APC) in London.” On formation of the All Pakistan Democratic Movement (APDM), he vowed to work from its forum, but declined to comment about the future of ARD
When BB was Prime Minister for the second time in the 90's she said she prayed for the long life of the opposition leader Nawaz Sharif. That was a pretty sarcastic and cutting comment on his political abilities.
A move to bring PML-N leaders Mian Nawaz Sharif and PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto on table in London had failed, reliable sources reported. A London based senior journalist attached to a private TV channel invited both the leaders to a meal at his place in London, thus to arrange an unschedule meeting between them but the sources report that Nawaz Sharif did not accept invitation on account of his already arranged engagements while Benazir took the pretext of her party meeting. The sources also reported that Benazir had invited Nawaz Sharif a few days back to which he had replied that a mere photo session would be of no use. Nawaz Sharif’s spokesman, when contacted by The Nation in this concern, replied that Nawaz Sharif keeps on with political engagements all the day long and spends evening with his family. He therefore takes dinner at his residence.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday said Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Secretary General, Raja Pervez Ashraf assertion that the PML-N is also talking with establishment is totally absurd. The assertion of PPPP central leader is like “pot calling the kettle black,” PML-N Central Information Secretary, Ahsan Iqbal said while talking to newsmen here. He said that the entire country knows that PPP Chairperson on several occasions admitted before domestic and international media that she was negotiating with Gen Musharraf and seeking an understanding with him. “On the other hand, PML-N and its leadership has maintained a firm principled position from October 12, (1999) till today that Gen Musharraf is an unconstitutional ruler and he overthrew a democratic government through an unconstitutional step,” PML-N leader said.
**Ahsan Iqbal said the statements of PPP Chairperson have been a source of great embarrassment for PPP workers and local leaders, who are not in favour of any deal with President Gen Musharraf. “Therefore to satisfy them PPP leadership has resorted to a baseless attack on PML-N whose critics even acknowledge that it is one party which has maintained a steady and stable stance throughout the past seven years,” he added. ** He said Shahbaz Sharif on a number of occasions categorically stated that he fully supports the political ideals of Mian Nawaz Sharif. PML-N has not only taken a principled stand on not talking with Gen Musharraf but also decided not to accept turncoats, while PPP has “opened floodgates” for accepting political turncoats. The opposition leader said PML-N has only one deal which is with the people of Pakistan i.e. to win their right of self-governance from the military dictator. He said PPPP assertion that All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) was created to start negotiations with military is a joke as the objective behind creation of APDM was to start public mobilization campaign for the ouster of Gen Musharraf and PPP refused to be part of any such campaign Ahsan Iqbal recalled in London All Parties Conference (APC) all opposition parties agreed to resign from assemblies in case Gen Musharraf decided to contest election for President from the present assemblies for second time but PPP even refused to make this commitment yet it has the audacity to make accusations against PML-N.
now next thing u will say her urdu is sackcy…which is indeed pathetic.
after dat u will like the idea by her husband of suggesting having cakes if poor cant afford wheat (for rotiz).
then u will find it is damn kool to give saib ka muraba (apple jam) to horses.
b/t dont worry after her, her 2 daughters, a son, a neice and nephew r getting ready to eat the left overz. so more than enuf is still to dramatize
zardalo (its sindhi) n BB might have comeup wid some break through saib k muraba recipe dat is y they really really need kursi to try it out :o
ISLAMABAD, July 26: The gulf between the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) seems to be widening with both the major components of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) accusing each other of violating the Charter of Democracy (CoD) and maintaining contacts with the military regime. Some PML-N leaders had been criticising the PPP for maintaining contacts with the regime. The PPP did not deny them, saying that it had been talking to the government for a ‘facilitated transfer to democracy’. But now, for the first time, the PPP has come out with an accusation that PML-N was in secret contacts with the Musharraf regime. Talking to newsmen here on Thursday, People’s Party Parliamentarians Secretary-General Raja Pervez Ashraf asked the PML-N leadership to explain its secret contacts with the present military regime. He said that PML-N leaders had been criticising the PPP for keeping contacts with the military regime. The PPP had many times said that it has not reached an agreement with Gen Musharraf due to differences over the post of the Chief of Army Staff and his re-election from the present assemblies. He said the PML-N leaders during the Multi-Party Conference in London had denied any contacts with the regime.
He, however, said Shahbaz Sharif in an interview with a private TV channel had admitted to contacts with the government as he (Shahbaz) asked Gen Musharraf to heed the advice of the mediator. He claimed that those negotiating from the PML-N side with a senior military official included former federal ministers Ishaq Dar, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and former chief of Ehtisab Bureau Saifur Rehman. He said the PPP wanted an explanation as to whether the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM), which included the MMA, had been formed to please the military regime by weakening the ARD . He said the PML-N was also trying to bring in foreign governments to assure good behaviour from the PML-N side and in this connection former NAB chief Saifur Rehman’s contacts in Qatar as well as PML-N contacts in the Saudi Arabia were well-known by now. He said instead of demanding a facilitation of democracy, the PML-N aides mainly demanded the return to the country of Nawaz Sharif before that of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto. Citing media reports, he said the Sharif brothers had also asked the establishment to reduce the exile period of Nawaz Sharif and his family members. He claimed that the Sharif brothers were asking for pardon for the 10-year exile so that they could come back and oppose the PPP as the establishment representatives. The Sharif brothers were presenting themselves as a countervailing force to the establishment to counter the PPP. This was why they were in a hurry to form the APDM to demonstrate that they could counter the PPP.
Nawaz Sharif has room to talk, if the rumours are true.
[quote] Meanwhile, the reports said that Musharraf will also hold meeting with former Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Chief Minister Punjab Shahabaz Sharif in Saudi Arabia during the second leg of Musharraf’s visit.
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The news about Musharraf also holding talks with Shehbaz turned out to be false. The guy is sitting in London and was just on TV denying any possibility of talks.
he can be in saudi arabia in what about 8 hours?
and teh report did say that the meeting is during teh second leg of the tour.
possibly its a game of chicken while musharraf is leveraging both these sides against each other, each side is waiting to see what the other is doing, and not showing their cards whike musharraf is talking to the other side thus making them look like a viable alternative if discussions with party1 are not fruitful.
he can be in saudi arabia in what about 8 hours?
and teh report did say that the meeting is during teh second leg of the tour.
possibly its a game of chicken while musharraf is leveraging both these sides against each other, each side is waiting to see what the other is doing, and not showing their cards whike musharraf is talking to the other side thus making them look like a viable alternative if discussions with party1 are not fruitful.
negotiation tactics
mid games galore mon ami..
bhai jaan..the biggest of all them card lies perilously close to the chest of one Shujat Hussain. Don't be surprised to hear about a unified PML if Mush-BB deal goes through. Shujat hinted to such a possibility on AAJ. That's the more interesting bit in the whole deal business.
What an embarrassment.
“hum ateay hain. hum gatea hain. BB”
dat is y they really really need kursi to try it out :o