PML-N not destabilise the Pakistan People’s Party’s government in the center

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif said Friday that his party would not become a part of any move to destabilize the Pakistan People’s Party’s government.

Addressing the PML-N Central Parliamentary Party meeting here at the Punjab House, Nawaz said PML-N accepts the majority and mandate of the People’s Party in the center.

Similarly, the PML-N chief hopes that PPP would honour the mandate of his party in the Punjab province, according to party sources.

Nawaz said the PML-N would not compromise on its principled stand and would continue its efforts for strengthening of the democratic institutions in the country.

The PML-N chief said the nation had given a mandate in the February 18 elections to restore the deposed judges and undo all extra-constitutional steps taken by General Musharraf (retd).

“We will follow the verdict of the people,” the sources quoted the PML-N chief as saying.

He told the lawmakers that PML-N was left with no option but to withdraw first from the cabinet and then from the coalition after the PPP did not honour pledges to restore the judges.

Referring to the presidential election, the PML-N chief said the party’s central leaders had contacted all political parties including PML-Q to seek support for former justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui.

About contacts with PML-Q, he said indirect contacts were made with a view to exploring possibility of agreeing on a single presidential candidate.

The party meeting discussed the campaign conducted ahead of the presidential election and the prospects at the upcoming polls, the sources said.

The meeting was informed that dozens of PML-Q members of Punjab Assembly had attended Wednesday’s iftar-dinner hosted by Shahbaz Sharif and pledged to support PML-N presidential candidate.

Discussing the political situation in Punjab, the participants expressed concern over the reported statements of the Governor Punjab.