Zardari calls Nawaz cunning and opportunistic

F.P. Report

LAHORE: Former President and Co-Chairperson Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Asif Ali Zardari has claimed that Nawaz Sharif not that innocent as we thought and adding that he is cunning and opportunist.

This he said while talking to media persons on Monday. Zardari while spilling the beans on his relationship with the disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a meeting with party leaders, that Nawaz Sharif always used us as we were doing politics and for strengthening democracy in the country but he was only doing trading and was using our goodwill in his own interest.

He informed the senior party leadership that we kept on agreeing over the network of democracy, Constitution and civilian supremacy but on every occasion he betrayed us and us our resolve for creating opportunity for himself.

Zardari added that now it’s time that Nawaz will suffer and joining hands with him is out of question now.

He claimed that Nawaz was encouraging us to fight with establishment however he was doing meeting and shaking hands with them.

Nawaz didn’t support PPP when I announced to hold former premier Pervez Musharaf but still we supported the government when he filed a treason case against him and then Nawaz give him the way out by doing deal with establishment, Zardari said.

Regarding his statements of ‘brick for brick’ speech, Zardari said he made the statement after being fooled by PML-N Quaid for life.

Zardari explained that Nawaz took advantage of the statement and tried to set the record straight with former army chief General Raheel Sharif.

Nawaz also ordered organizations such as National Accountability Bureau among others to take action in Sindh, Zardari claimed.