Nawaz tells Gilani to resign first and then file appeal

KHOSHAB: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Saturday asserted that Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani should first resign and then appeal to the Supreme Court against his conviction, adding that if exonerated of the contempt of court charges levelled against him, he would be more than welcome to resume his duties.

Addressing a mammoth public gathering at Khushab as part of the “Go Gilani Go movement” on Saturday evening, the PML-N chief claimed that the federal government had completely failed to deliver and resolve the thorny issues of loadshedding, unemployment, inflation and law and order.

Nawaz warned the government of throwing his party’s full weight behind the public protests, rampant across Punjab, if the power loadshedding persisted for another two days.

Sharif set this alarm bell off in Khoshab where a throng of PML-N cohorts had gathered to hear him out at a rally specifically organized to launch a “last push” against the government.

Retrospecting, Sharif said, when PML-N was in power not an hour’s electricity loadshedding was conducted anywhere in Pakistan, but now people were forced to stay without electricity for 20 hours at a stretch.

Going forward, he said, now people could tell the difference between this government and PML-N’s without any qualms.

The former prime minister also said that he would not take a break until the deliverance of the poor nation stuck in jaws of the corruptest of regimes ever.

“Anarchy, agitation, and chaos are endemic in Pakistan, these ills must end”, said he.

On Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Sharif said that he should go home before filing an appeal against his conviction, adding he (Gilani) could only re-assume the office of Prime Minister if the court acquitted him.

In the end, Sharif pledged to have the special development package for Khoshab doubled from Rs500 million to Rs1 billion.