ISLAMABAD
\nPakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former information minister Pervaiz Rashid has spoken up about an alleged \u2018WhatApp system\u2019 that, he claimed, ousted then-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 2017.
\nNawaz Sharif was disqualified for life and sentenced to a 10-year prison term by courts over charges of unexplained wealth in July 2017, his third term as prime minister of Pakistan coming to an abrupt end. He was jailed but was allowed to leave for London in 2019 for medical treatment.
\nNow, with his successor Imran Khan out of power and his party again at the helm of affairs, Nawaz Sharif is expected to return to Pakistan. However, Pervaiz Rashid, speaking exclusively to a private television channel said that before Sharif\u2019s return everyone who played a role in his sentencing must offer an apology.
\nHe also called on the PML-N government to ensure justice for Nawaz Sharif. \u201cThere must be an apology for his unjust sentencing in the past.\u201d Asked who should offer the apology, Rashid said, \u201cThat system should apolgize which is formed on WhatsApp and by videos gets verdicts delivered in envelops at Serena Hotel.\u201d
\nPervaiz Rashid said that the PML-N\u2019s return to power in the center was a result of its worker\u2019s sacrifices and resistance. He said Imran Khan was still the blue-eyed boy (ladla) of the powers that be and the Punjab chief minister\u2019s election was a testimony to that.
\nTwenty MPAs were disqualified for voting against the party lines and when the same crime was committed by another ten MPAs, they were welcomed, he said referring to the Supreme Court of Pakistan ruling on a petition by Pervaiz Elahi, who became Punjab chief minister in July after the apex court ruled that votes cast by ten PMLQ MPAs against the direction of party head were valid.
\nOn a question about Imran Khan meeting the same fate as Nawaz Sharif over unexplained income, the PML-N leader said the allegation against Nawaz Sharif was like (a minimal amount of ) salt in flour, but Imran Khan\u2019s crime \u2014 which had been established \u2014 was a mountain of salt.
\nPervaiz Rashid also dispelled the perception that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) somehow pushed the PML-N into an unpleasant situation where it was being blamed for rising inflation and losing its popularity.
\n\u201cNobody pushed us. We are all riding the same ship. \u2026The ship will survive the whilpool if everyone plays their due role,\u201d he said. Rashid said that the general elections will be held when the cabinet makes a decision after consulting all the coalition members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former information minister Pervaiz Rashid has spoken up about an alleged \u2018WhatApp system\u2019 that, he claimed, ousted then-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 2017. Nawaz Sharif was disqualified for life and sentenced to a 10-year prison term by courts over charges of unexplained wealth in July 2017, his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-275934","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n