Rameez Khan in The Express Tribune, Sept 27, 2023
LAHORE: Bringing the internal debate surrounding the party supremo Nawaz Sharif’s confrontational narrative, PML-N leader Javed Latif has said that the former prime minister believed that the current state of affairs could not be rectified if those responsible are allowed to walk free.
The party leader shared Nawaz’s conviction that if people don’t stand behind the judges who, despite facing pressures, made decisions in accordance with the law, “there won’t be any fair judicial system in the country”.
He questioned the consequences of turning into a silent spectator while “head of armed groups exerting pressure to take positions and decisions of their choice and order sit-ins to resist appointment”.
Javed also cited the 9 May revolts as an example of the potential implications of sacrificing the country for personal desires.
“Then the question is that do we want to sacrifice the country for our desires.”This, he emphasised, was Nawaz Sharif’s question to those who wanted to bury the hatched and move on.
The PML-N leader said Nawaz believed that those who do not want culprits to be held accountable, and who want him to prioritise economic issues over accountability fearing it will risk another confrontation, should answer these questions.
To a question that Shehbaz had gone to reason with him to abandon his confrontational narrative, Javed Latif said that Shehbaz being a worker can only keep his opinion before him and he has his own opinion and he did place it before him.
He said that no leader gives their opinion after Nawaz Sharif has taken his decision.
Regarding the question of being beneficiary of the “Bajwa doctrine”, Javed said that bringing a no-confidence motion “was not our need, rather it was the need of the state” and cited that those against whom Imran Khan raised the cypher issue, had taken no action against him, “which shows that international forces are working him against Pakistan”.
He said that Nawaz Sharif wanted the nation to stand behind those judges who despite extreme pressure give decisions in accordance with the law. He bemoaned that those who would stand behind judges are charged with having an unsound mind out of punishment for giving a decision against the power and those who get a reference filed against him for giving the Faizabad Dharna’s decision.
“If people would not stand behind them, there would be no fair judicial system in the country.
“Regarding the change in reception plan, he said that Nawaz Sharif was of the view that there was nothing to celebrate, given the state of affairs Pakistan was in, instead, he said they were gathering people at Minar-e-Pakistan to renew their commitment with Pakistan and to vow to turn it around back to the 2017 Pakistan.
He said that they have always advocated a level playing field, when asked about the injustices meted out to its arch-rival PTI, he got a bit miffed and said that PTI cannot be seen as a political party……..
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2438058/nawazs-call-exposes-division-in-pml-n
