Ex Pak PM Nawaz Sharif launches no-holds-barred attack on military, exposes sham democracy

In a major embarrassment for Imran Khan-led government on Sunday, former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif exposed  military establishment's complete interference in democratic process. dressing a conference of opposition parties in Islamab via video conferencing, he lamented that sanctity of people's vote has been always trampled upon by Pakistani Army. To buttress his point, PML(N) leer highlighted that t a single PM has been allowed to complete 5-year tenure in Pakistan's history.

Launching a scathing attack on military, Sharif indicated that former ran a "parallel government" which was more powerful than democratically elected government. He described this phemen as a "state above state". According to him, root cause of Pakistan's problems was military's refusal to accept writ of elected representatives and existence of a parallel government. 

Ex-Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif remarked, "According to Constitution, Pakistan’s democratic system is based on people’s choice. This is principle in all democracies across world. When sanctity of vote is t respected, n democratic mandate is fake. By chance, if a representative of people is elected, n he is first me powerless and n ousted. In 73-year-old history of Pakistan, t a single PM was allowed to complete his full term. On aver, every dictator ruled for 9 years while every PM could stay in office for only 2 years on an aver."

" reality is that in Pakistan, re is eir martial law or a parallel government functions which is more powerful than existing government. Once upon a time, former PM Yousuf Raza Gillani said, ‘re is a state within a state’ which cant be tolerated. s part is w re is a state above state. root cause of our problems is n-acceptance of elected representatives and existence of a parallel government," he ded. 

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'Our struggle is t against Imran Khan' 

On this occasion, former Pakistan PM also alleged that 2018 General Election was rigged to prop up Imran Khan as Prime Minister. Just a few days before election, he and his daughter Maryam Nawaz who were leing campaign for civilian supremacy were sentenced by an Accountability court on charges of corruption. Moreover, polling nts of various parties were reportedly thrown out during counting process, thus casting doubts on legitimacy of cricketer-turned-politician’s victory. 

He stressed that people responsible for rigging would be held accountable in future. Maintaining that foremost priority of opposition should be ousting PTI-led government, he clarified that struggle was t against Imran Khan. Hitting out at military again, Sharif contended that real fight was against forces that manipulated election reby "destroying country". PML(N) leer is currently out on bail after being convicted in a corruption case and has been undergoing medical treatment in London since vember 2019. 

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He said, "Our foremost priority should be removing this selected government and this system. Our struggle is t against Imran Khan". "Today, our struggle is against those who installed Imran Khan and who manipulated elections to bring an incapable man like him into power and thus, destroyed country," he elaborated. 

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