Musharraf asks people to get rid of PML-N, PPP
karachi — The solidarity of Pakistan is in danger, said former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf.
Speaking at the first rally of a newly-formed alliance, Pakistan Awami Ittehad, led by him at the historic Nishtar Park, the former army chief via video link said the country is facing internal and external threats.
“Pakistan’s boat is trapped in vortex,” said Musharraf, adding that the government has to “strengthen our defence and prosper the general masses”.
However, he admitted that “we have been isolated in the world”.
Talking about the country’s political situation, the former general who is facing several cases in the country and living abroad, urged
We have to defeat these (PML-N, PPP) forces in the forthcoming elections. There is a ‘political vacuum’ in Punjab which needed to be filled.
the people to get rid of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP )and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
“We have to defeat these forces in the forthcoming general elections,” the former president said, adding that he believed there was a “political vacuum” in Punjab which needed to be filled.
Referring to the situation in Karachi, Musharraf, who is head of the All Pakistan Muslim League, pointed out that the metropolis did not belong to the Urdu-speaking people only. He asked the community not to feel alone, as he
Pervez Musharraf, ex-president
was with them. Underlining the importance of improving the situation in Karachi, the former army chief lamented that there was no water or electricity in Sindh’s capital while the city was littered with garbage.
The former army chief said that Punjab province and especially Karachi was witnessing a political vacuum and it need to be filled by the people those have kept the country first.
“Mohajir Community should not consider them as helpless and alone as Pervez Musharraf is here to support their struggle for rights,” he added. He advocated the creation of more provinces in the country.
The leader of the new alliance of political and religious parties also called for giving Computerised National Identity Cards to Biharis and Bengalis.
Earlier, Sunni Tehreek (ST) chief Sarwat Aijaz Qadri recalled that when the people were being killed in Karachi, the rulers preferred silence. He claimed that the country needed “true leadership” now.
Discussing the deadly blast at Nishtar Park several years ago where the entire leadership of the ST and several others were killed, Qadri deplored that the culprits behind the blast still remained untraced.—