ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said any leader, be it Imran Khan, Asif Ali Zardari, or Nawaz Sharif, will have to seek legal remedy to their cases.
In an interview with WE (World Echo) News on Thursday, a digital media platform, he dismissed the impression that the PMLN leader Nawaz Sharif’s decision to get back home was part of any deal with the interim government, APP reports. “The caretaker government has ‘no soft corner’ for PMLN or any other political party. How can a caretaker government strike such a deal?” he remarked.
Kakar pointed out that Nawaz Sharif left the country as per the court decision “under the nose of Imran Khan’s government, and not the caretaker setup”. However, he said if Nawaz Sharif returned and took part in politics, he would have to face some legal obstacles. “The answers to these legal questions lie in legal remedies,” he said.
He said Pakistan was facing the formation of ‘regimental camps’ and had been turned into a fighting ground for political positions. He rejected the notion that the caretaker setup could be likened to the ‘90’s ‘Kakar formula’ where the then prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and President Ghulam Ishaq Khan were forced to quit to make way for fresh elections. “This comparison is apples and oranges. It is out of context because in our case, the stint of the normal parliament led to its retirement and we are part of a constitutional continuation where leaders of the house and the opposition had agreed upon my name. There has been no interference from any institution in our case,” he said…..
On relations with India, he said the radicalized RSS mindset of the ruling Indian party and the Kashmir dispute were the main hurdles to the maintenance of good ties. “The situation between Pakistan and India needs to be improved; however, realistically at present, there is no such possibility,” he said. Kakar said the hegemonic designs of India needed to be curtailed as the country was turning into hell for its minorities, including Muslims, Sikhs, and others……
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