KARACHI Feb 02 (TNS): Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Friday that democracy in Pakistan is attacked whenever it starts to strengthen in the country.
While speaking in a seminar on ‘The Future of Democracy in Pakistan’, being held in a local hotel here today, he said that doctrine of necessity adversely affected democracy in the country, adding that a section of the judiciary has always supported dictators.
He said that in the past court has validated martial laws on the basis of the doctrine of necessity.
“We have to take strict decisions to take this country on the right path,” the PML-N leader said.
Chairman Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Mahmood Khan Achakzai, Chairman Pakistan National Party Mir Hasil Bizenjo, other mainstream political leaders and members of civil society also spoke in the seminar.
Nawaz arrived in Karachi on Thursday. While chairing a meeting of the party’s provincial executive committee, he promised to bring a change in Karachi and Sindh if he is given the chance.
Look at the difference between the Karachi of 2013 and Karachi of 2017, he said, adding that “The difference is quite evident”.
“Karachi is equally precious to me as any other city of Pakistan,” he said, adding “I invite people of Karachi to visit Lahore.
“Karachi should’ve been more developed, progressive, and pretty. However, Lahore has won this race.”
Nawaz, who was disqualified as prime minister by the Supreme Court in a landmark verdict on July 28, has come to Karachi for the first time since his disqualification.
