GUJRANWALA: Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif has termed his disqualification from premiership as a “joke” and exuded confidence that he will be elected by the nation for the fourth time.
Addressing the participants of his ‘homecoming rally’, Nawaz said even the judges who disqualified him failed to point out a single example of corruption against him.
“Should this even be called a disqualification? I will be made prime minister by the masses again,” he told a cheering crowd.
“They have only removed me on paper but they have not removed me from your hearts. Is this removing me at all?” Sharif asked adding, “I cannot accept this joke. Can you accept this joke that you elect someone, then he is disgraced and ousted.”
“May I ask why I was ousted? Did I commit any kind of corruption? I am innocent and did not commit any financial wrong. That has been said by the judges who disqualified me. Then why I have been ousted,” the former premier said.
He further went on to add that the time had come to change the country.
“We would have to make sure that your vote is respected. It is a question of respect for vote of 20 crore people. I would not allow anyone to trample your right to elect leaders of choice,” Nawaz said.
