Holding President Asif Ali Zardari responsible for the Supreme Court order barring him from contesting polls, former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that if Benazir Bhutto were alive today, his party would not have had to witness the present state of affairs.
Addressing a rally of hundreds of his supporters at Sheikhupura in Punjab province, Sharif said Zardari had used
"hand-picked judges" appointed by former President Pervez Musharraf to deliver the verdict barring him and his brother, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, from contesting polls and holding public office.
The "bogus" court's order had inflicted "tremendous harm" but the people had risen up against it, Sharif said as his supporters shouted slogans against Zardari. "This gathering is a referendum against Zardari," Sharif said.
Blaming Zardari for the current situation, Sharif described the President's late wife, former premier Benazir Bhutto, as "his sister" "If Benazir Bhutto were alive today, we would not