Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday accused the country’s army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa of toppling his government, pressuring the judiciary, and installing the current government of Prime Minister Imran Khan in the 2018 elections.
FILE PHOTO: Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League gestures during a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
The former prime minister also accused the chief of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence spy agency of being involved in conspiring against his government. Maryam Nawaz, the daughter and political heir of Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto, the son of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto who heads her Pakistan People’s Party , also addressed the gathering.
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