{"id":33206,"date":"2023-12-09T03:02:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T03:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pml-n-in-no-mood-to-shun-demand-for-accountability\/"},"modified":"2023-12-09T03:02:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T03:02:04","slug":"pml-n-in-no-mood-to-shun-demand-for-accountability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pml-n-in-no-mood-to-shun-demand-for-accountability\/","title":{"rendered":"PML-N in no mood to shun demand for \u2018accountability\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>\u2022 Nawaz blames former CJP, COAS, ISI chief for \u2018lodging false cases, bringing misery on people\u2019<br \/>\u2022 PML-N agrees to seat adjustment with IPP for polls<br \/>\u2022 PTI says \u2018convicted\u2019 ex-PM eyeing to regain power \u2018through deal\u2019<\/p>\n<p>LAHORE: PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif has hinted that he is in no mood to eschew the demand of holding former generals and judges accountable \u201cfor ruining the country\u201d by ousting him as prime minister in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sharif\u2019s remarks, made during the party\u2019s parliamentary board meeting on Friday, were the first instance since his arrival on October 21 when he hinted that he was not ready to give up his accountability narrative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not have a desire to come into power, become prime minister and chief minister and roam around in luxury cars \u2026 We want accountability of those who ruined this country, lodged false cases against us and brought misery on people through unprecedented inflation and price hike,\u201d Mr Sharif said while addressing the board\u2019s meeting in Model Town.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing his polemic, the three-time prime minister said those who \u201cbrought agony on 250 million people of this country must face accountability\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blaming former ISI director general<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lt Gen Faiz Hamid for his alleged role in rigging the 2018 elections, the PML-N leader said: \u201c[Retired] Gen Faiz told former Islamabad High Court Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui not to grant bail to me and my daughter Maryam Nawaz because if we are released, his [Hamid\u2019s] hard work of two years will be wasted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Nawaz added that in a leaked audio conversation, former chief justice Saqib Nisar \u201ccould be heard saying that Nawaz should be kept in jail to bring Imran Khan to power\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He was referring to the audio clip leaked in 2021, in which a voice, allegedly of the former chief justice, can be heard saying that Mr Sharif \u201chas to be punished\u201d as it has been decided to \u201cbring Khan sahab [Imran Khan to power].\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1778113\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDuring the tenure of Saqib Nisar, the country\u2019s biggest corruption scam of \u00a3190m against Imran Khan came to the fore \u2026 but he did not take any action,\u201d the PML-N supremo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to tell the people who looted them and brought misery to their lives,\u201d he said and added that Pakistan was currently going through a difficult time \u201conly because of our follies\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to former generals and judges, he said: \u201cWe punished people who were serving the country and imposed Imran Khan, who played havoc with the lives of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sharif also blamed the ex-PTI chief for \u201cmisleading the youth, destroying the society and misusing the tag of Riasat-i-Madina for his politics\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sharif\u2019s remarks took many by surprise as a similar statement in September had put his party into a predicament.<\/p>\n<p>A month before his return to Pakistan, Mr Sharif, while talking to reporters in London, had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1777489\/war-of-narratives-worries-pml-n-ranks\">accused<\/a> former chief justices Saqib Nisar and Asif Saeed Khosa of being \u201ctools of former army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and the ex-ISI head\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPardoning them will be an injustice to the nation. They don\u2019t deserve pardon,\u201d Mr Sharif had proclaimed while vowing to hold them accountable.<\/p>\n<p>After the PML-N supremo\u2019s outburst, his younger brother, Shehbaz Sharif, rushed to London to convince him to \u201ctone down his stance\u201d. The party, back then, feared the \u2018accountability narrative\u2019 might draw the establishment\u2019s ire.<\/p>\n<p>The renewed aggression in Mr Sharif\u2019s statement is also being linked to his uneasiness over the ladla (blue-eyed) tag. His opponents have accused the party of being the military establishment\u2019s \u2018favourite\u2019, and the fresh stance might be an effort to counter this impression.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PTI \u2018will burry\u2019 PML-N\u2019s politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reacting to Mr Sharif\u2019s tirade against their former party head, PTI also lashed out at their nemesis, saying \u201cthe nation has rejected Project Nawaz\u2019 and claimed the party \u201cwill bury PML-N\u2019s politics once and for all on Feb 8.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Calling Mr Sharif a \u2018convicted absconder\u2019, a PTI spokesperson said those who had been \u201cruthlessly looting the country and the nation for the past 40 years were preparing to rob the national resources again by striking a deal to grab power\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alliance with IPP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a separate development, PML-N and Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) have agreed to a formula for seat adjustment in the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>In a meeting between IPP\u2019s patron-in-chief Jahangir Tareen and PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday, the two parties decided to contest the elections together.<\/p>\n<p>Official sources said PML-N was initially reluctant to go for seat adjustments with both IPP and PML-Q in Punjab as it wanted to accommodate its leaders. However, sources claimed the Sharifs had to follow directions from the powers that be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the Shehbaz-Tareen meeting, a PML-N delegation comprising Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Rana Sanaullah and Saad Rafique reached the residence of JKT to work out the modalities regarding seat adjustment on Friday,\u201d a PML-N statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Sources said IPP wanted \u201ca good number of national and provincial assembly seats\u201d, which the PML-N couldn\u2019t afford to offer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe seat-adjustment process will be more complicated with IPP than PML-Q because the latter may be satisfied with a few seats,\u201d they said. IPP\u2019s Central Information Secretary Firdous Ashiq Awan said her party allied with PML-N \u201cfor the country and people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, December 9th, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Nawaz blames former CJP, COAS, ISI chief for \u2018lodging false cases, bringing misery on people\u2019\u2022 PML-N agrees to seat adjustment with IPP for polls\u2022 PTI says \u2018convicted\u2019 ex-PM eyeing to regain power \u2018through deal\u2019 LAHORE: PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif has hinted that he is in no mood to eschew the demand of holding 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