Nawaz Sharif on Saqib Nisar audio leak

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday claimed that there are still audio leaks of former Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Saqib Nisar, ARY News reported.

At the check distribution ceremony of 'Apni Chhat Apna Ghar' program, Nawaz Sharif said that in the leaked audio recordings, Saqib Nisar could be heard saying, “We will keep Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz in jail and bring Imran Khan to power.”

“I still have the audio recording of Saqib Nisar,” he added. Nawaz Sharif said that after this call, the 'London Plan' was drawn up and sit-ins were held following this.

The PML-N president said that if democratic governments could function effectively in Pakistan, there would be no homeless people today.

“Why was the person who worked day and night for the development of Pakistan treated like this?” asked Nawaz Sharif, referring to his ouster as prime minister in 2017.

He criticizes the performance of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from 2018 to 2022 and asks about the fate of the five million houses and 10 million jobs promised by then Prime Minister Imran Khan. “What has been done for the welfare of the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?” asked Nawaz Sharif.

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The PML-N president also mocked Prime Minister Ali Amin Gandapur for his efforts to “infiltrate” Punjab, terming it as an intention to provoke inter-provincial conflict.

Nawaz Sharif had previously said he was ousted from the prime minister's post in 2017 by a “conspiracy”.

Nawaz Sharif said a “conspiracy” was hatched in London against his government, adding that his political opponents who returned from London staged a sit-in.

He said a message was sent to him during the sit-in telling him to resign or face dire consequences. “I told them to do whatever they want but Nawaz Sharif will never resign,” the PML-N president said.

Referring to the May 9 riots, he said that we were the ones behind May 28 (the day of Pakistan's nuclear tests) and not May 9.