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Sharief's policies, not sanctions, messed up Pakistan, says Opposition

The Opposition in Pakistan is mounting pressure on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharief to resign, saying he has failed to overcome the crisis that the country faces.

Jammat-e Islami chief Quazi Hussain Ahmed asked Sharief to step down, for according to him, the prime minister lacks the ability to steer the country out of the current financial mess.

Ahmed was addressing the concluding session of the 'National Conference on Economy' in Islamabad. He said an honest government should replace the present one.

Ahmed said the present economic crisis is casting a shadow on national politics. He held the government's policies responsible for the present state of affairs rather than the sanctions imposed by the big powers following the nuclear tests.

Tehrik-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan has also sought the government's resignation and its replacement by a caretaker government.

Khan said the Sharief government's policies cannot take Pakistan anywhere.

Asif Zardari, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's husband , told newsmen on the premises of the Lahore high court that the present government has tarnished Pakistan's image abroad and that it has no idea of where it is going.

UNI

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