Thursday, 01 Jul, 2010
It is a historic fact that Nawaz Sharif had not only served as Ziaul Haqs man in the past but also attacked the Supreme Court, said Raja Riaz. Photo by Online
LAHORE: The Pakistan Peoples Party apprehends PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif is again playing in the hands of anti-democratic forces that want to topple an elected government.
Mr Sharif must not forget that at the end of the day he too will get nothing. Has he forgotten and learnt nothing from Oct 12, 1999 coup as he is indirectly inviting the army, PPP central information secretary MNA Fauzia Wahab said while talking to Dawn on Wednesday.
She reacted over elder Sharifs statement that it was time to take a decision as he had serious reservation about how the government was being run.
This person has learnt no lesson from the past, she commented.
Why Nawaz Sharif always needs someones shoulder; like (this time) of lawyers or judges to do politics? Why he does not trust himself? she asked.
She said Nawaz had been very critical of the PPP government (especially with regard to its alleged corruption) since it came to power but he never disclosed the worth of his own assets.
I would like to ask him will he mind telling the people of Pakistan how much he has contributed to the national exchequer (in taxes). How did the Sharif family become billionaire as it had a small iron foundry back in 1947, she said.
When the Sharifs left for Saudi Arabia after striking a deal with dictator Musharraf, will he tell us how he managed to have a huge investment to establish business there, she asked.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had earlier asked Fauzia Wahab not to speak a word against the Sharifs after a complaint by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. But since the political temperature is soaring with Nawaz Sharifs statement, which the sources say has upset President Asif Ali Zardari, the PPP leadership has apparently given a go-ahead to the partys outspoken members to respond in a befitting manner.
In Punjab, Senior Minister Raja Riaz has been tasked to come up with a tit-for-tat response to partys harsh critics. Besides, PPP Punjab acting president Samiullah Khan and information secretary Dr Fakharuddin Chaudhry, spearheaded by Governor Salmaan Taseer, also do not seem to be in the mood to spare any loose delivery by the PML-N government.
Fauzia Wahab further inquired: From where the money has come for a palatial house built on 1,700 acres in Raiwind. And now the Sharifs are using Rs21 billion from the exchequer to build a road to their palace.
She also smelled a rat in sudden activeness of judiciary over the issue of fake degrees of parliamentarians.
Why anybody did not bother to examine the degrees of the candidates at the time of the general elections 2008? Why now? It seems that efforts are again being made to malign politicians in general and parliamentarians in particular, she argued.
Raja Riaz said: It is a historic fact that Nawaz Sharif had not only served as Ziaul Haqs man in the past but also attacked the Supreme Court. Nawaz Sharif has a deep desire to become prime minister again and for the purpose he may demand mid- term polls shortly. Zulqernain Tahir
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect...local/lahore/nawaz-again-in-wrong-company-170
It is a historic fact that Nawaz Sharif had not only served as Ziaul Haqs man in the past but also attacked the Supreme Court, said Raja Riaz. Photo by Online
LAHORE: The Pakistan Peoples Party apprehends PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif is again playing in the hands of anti-democratic forces that want to topple an elected government.
Mr Sharif must not forget that at the end of the day he too will get nothing. Has he forgotten and learnt nothing from Oct 12, 1999 coup as he is indirectly inviting the army, PPP central information secretary MNA Fauzia Wahab said while talking to Dawn on Wednesday.
She reacted over elder Sharifs statement that it was time to take a decision as he had serious reservation about how the government was being run.
This person has learnt no lesson from the past, she commented.
Why Nawaz Sharif always needs someones shoulder; like (this time) of lawyers or judges to do politics? Why he does not trust himself? she asked.
She said Nawaz had been very critical of the PPP government (especially with regard to its alleged corruption) since it came to power but he never disclosed the worth of his own assets.
I would like to ask him will he mind telling the people of Pakistan how much he has contributed to the national exchequer (in taxes). How did the Sharif family become billionaire as it had a small iron foundry back in 1947, she said.
When the Sharifs left for Saudi Arabia after striking a deal with dictator Musharraf, will he tell us how he managed to have a huge investment to establish business there, she asked.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had earlier asked Fauzia Wahab not to speak a word against the Sharifs after a complaint by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. But since the political temperature is soaring with Nawaz Sharifs statement, which the sources say has upset President Asif Ali Zardari, the PPP leadership has apparently given a go-ahead to the partys outspoken members to respond in a befitting manner.
In Punjab, Senior Minister Raja Riaz has been tasked to come up with a tit-for-tat response to partys harsh critics. Besides, PPP Punjab acting president Samiullah Khan and information secretary Dr Fakharuddin Chaudhry, spearheaded by Governor Salmaan Taseer, also do not seem to be in the mood to spare any loose delivery by the PML-N government.
Fauzia Wahab further inquired: From where the money has come for a palatial house built on 1,700 acres in Raiwind. And now the Sharifs are using Rs21 billion from the exchequer to build a road to their palace.
She also smelled a rat in sudden activeness of judiciary over the issue of fake degrees of parliamentarians.
Why anybody did not bother to examine the degrees of the candidates at the time of the general elections 2008? Why now? It seems that efforts are again being made to malign politicians in general and parliamentarians in particular, she argued.
Raja Riaz said: It is a historic fact that Nawaz Sharif had not only served as Ziaul Haqs man in the past but also attacked the Supreme Court. Nawaz Sharif has a deep desire to become prime minister again and for the purpose he may demand mid- term polls shortly. Zulqernain Tahir
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect...local/lahore/nawaz-again-in-wrong-company-170
