Sharjeel says ‘Nawaz Sharif behind Taliban threats’

HYDERABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Sharjeel Memon Sunday alleged that Pakistan Muslim League-N president Nawaz Sharif stood behind the threats being issued by the Taliban to attack political rallies.

Addressing a press conference here, Sharjeel Memon said ‘the contacts between Nawaz Sharif and Taliban are no secret to anyone’.

He said in order to topple the government of Benazir Bhutto in 1988 a no-confidence move was invoked and in this context reports of a meeting between Nawaz Sharif and Osama Bin Laden were carried by the media.

Sharjeel Memon alleged that the threats by the Taliban to attack political rallies were being issued on the directives of Nawaz Sharif.

He appealed to the Supreme Court to take a suo moto notice of ‘links between Nawaz Sharif and terrorist outfits’.