ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lifetime president Nawaz Sharif said that in the country’s 70-year history, the sanctity of vote has never been respected.
Speaking to a seminar titled ‘Respect for Vote’, Nawaz said that never in the country’s history has the sanctity of vote been maintained. “We have all gathered here at this seminar to restore the sanctity of vote and save the country,” Nawaz added.
“The sanctity of vote has been made a joke of. The public opinion has continuously been crushed and democratic forces were ousted via use of un-democratic means,” Nawaz Sharif continued.
Taking jabs at the military rule in the country, the former PM said that “in 38 years, there have been 20 PMs and none have been able to complete their tenure.” On the other hand, he added, “four dictators ruled the country for a span of 32 years and each military rule invented a separate doctrine of necessity to come to power.”
“We have all seen the way civilian governments have been treated. Z.A. Bhutto was sentenced to death, Benazir Bhutto was martyred, while I was termed a hijacker and sent to the Adiala Jail. But now, we have to put an end to this political chaos,” the former premier said.
