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Nawaz Sharif Warmly Welcomed in Jati Umra

Lahore (January 03, 2018): The PML-N workers and supporters have warmly welcomed the party president and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on his arrival in Jati Umra from Islamabad after appearing before the accountability court on Wednesday. 

The charged workers showered him with rose petals and chanted slogans in his favour.

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Earlier, talking to media in Punjab House in an emergency press conference, Muslim League Nawaz President and Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif  said that he will present the proof to Nation, if secret schemes do not stopped. He said that Pakistan has lost the most in the war on terrorism.

Nawaz Sharif criticized US President Trump’s recent tweet and said that Pakistan has broken the nexus of terrorism.

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He asserted that the PML-N government does not care for United States (US) threats to cut funding to Islamabad in the war against terrorism.

The former premier’s statements come amid a war of words between Islamabad and Washington, as US President Donald Trump lashed out at Pakistan in a harshly-worded tweet on New Year’s day after which the administration suspended $255 million in military aid to Pakistan.

Describing Trump’s tweet as “non-serious” and “sad”, Sharif said, “A head of state should remember the rules of engagement while addressing a fellow state.”“We should not be taunted [about US aid],” he said, speaking to reporters in Islamabad, a day after his return from Saudi Arabia, where he met top Kingdom officials with his brother Shahbaz Sharif.

“A coalition fund should not be called ‘aid’. We do not even need such a fund and our support should not be demanded in return,” he asserted.

“I am sure if in 2001, a democratic government was in place in Pakistan instead of a dictatorship, then it would never have sold its expertise to the US. It would neither have sold our expertise, nor our self-respect,” he added.

“Had there been a democratic government in 2001, it would not have sold its conscience,” said Nawaz, who was deposed in 1999 by the-then army chief General Pervez Musharraf.“Pakistan paid the highest price after 9/11” Nawaz said, emphasising that the country had lost the most in the war on terrorism.

The former premier said further that the Coalition Support Fund should not be termed aid.

“We need to take stock of the domestic situation and find out why the world has a negative view of Pakistan,” he added.

Nawaz Sharif urged Pakistan’s present Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to devise a strategy, which ends the country’s reliance on US aid.

Regarding the country’s political situation, Nawaz said that being a three-time prime minister, several facts are in his knowledge.Nawaz lamented that not a single prime minister has completed his or her term in this country.

Quoting surveys, he said the PML-N is the most popular party among the public, and its vote bank is stronger than the combined vote bank of all political parties.

“Those afraid of this rise [of PML-N] are attempting to change the present situation,” he added.

“I want to state categorically that the country’s future is linked with impartial elections,” he said, urging that equal opportunities be given to every electoral contender.

He said illegal decisions and secret backdoor deals should not be initiated to keep some parties out and other favourites in.“Those who indulge in the politics of lies and sit-ins and have been repeatedly rejected by the voters should not be forced upon the people,” he asserted.

Asking that the voters’ decisions not be usurped, Nawaz warned that is the scheming being undertaken behind the curtains does not stop, he “shall present all such evidence before the people and share the story of what has transpired in the last four years”.

“I shall also inform the people of the political games being played from behind the scenes at the moment,” he added.Starting his press conference, Nawaz said this is the year of general elections when the electorate will choose their representatives for the next five years.

Nawaz reached the Punjab House alongside his daughter Maryam where the press conference is taking place.

Earlier talking to media after attending the corruption proceedings against him at the accountability court Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday that any evidence of corruption against him is yet to be discovered.

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Nawaz also lamented the judiciary’s favourable treatment of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan, referring to his recent ‘clearance’ by the Supreme Court in the disqualification case against him.

The former premier also expressed disappointment at rumours that his recent visit to Saudi Arabia was to seek ‘safe passage’ from his present predicaments.

“Spreading such rumours was unfair on Saudi Arabia,” said Nawaz, adding that Saudi-Pakistan relations are historic and solid.He claimed there was nothing extraordinary about his visit, adding that those spreading baseless rumours have brought harm to the country.

Talking about his corruption case, Nawaz wondered what [charge of] misappropriation exists [against him] which has not been discovered yet. “I was disqualified on Iqama yet Imran’s apology accepted,” he asserted.

Addressing Imran, Nawaz said: “You have accepted wrongdoing by using the amnesty scheme to declare assets whose sources are unexplained”.The former premier lamented that Imran confessed to his crime yet was declared honest and truthful.

He added that until today no charge has been levelled against him let alone proved against him.

Earlier today, Nawaz, his daughter Maryam, and son-in-law MNA Capt (retd) Safdar attended the hearing into the three references filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in light of the Supreme Court’s July 28 judgment in the Panama Papers case.

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