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| Former Army chief and Pakistani President Gen Pervaiz Mushaffaf |
ISLAMABAD:While recording his statement in the Avenfield reference, Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, said that former president Pervez Musharraf orchestrated the 2014 sit-in to oust Nawaz and hinder the treason case against him.
Claiming to ‘expose’ the hurdles he faced after pursuing a treason case against the former dictator, Nawaz explained how the PTI and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) formed an alliance and demanded his resignation.
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| Ousted PM Nawaz Sharif with his daughter Marrium |
“In March 2014, along with two of my colleagues, I went to Bani Gala and met with Imran. It was quite a pleasant encounter. He never mentioned the issue of rigging, neither did he gesture towards a political alliance being formed to stage protests,” said Nawaz.
“However, while swift progress was being made in the Musharraf treason case here, Imran and Dr Tahirul Qadri met in London. After the meeting, chants and slogans of rigging emerged on the streets,” he further added. “They planned a mass rally in Islamabad. Starting from August 14, 2014, the sit-in lasted for four months.”
He further questioned that, “The two were allied on the basis that the prime minister should resign. The question arises how did they come to this conclusion? Who set them up? Who united them? Who fed them the demand of the prime minister’s resignation?
“All of it was orchestrated so that I could be ousted from the PM’s office and the case against Musharraf would come to a grinding halt.”
He added that, “I have seen days when the gates to the Prime Minister House were hijacked by ruffians, and announcements were made to drag the prime minister out with a rope around his neck,".