Countdown for restoration of judges begins: Nawaz

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif has said that today democracy has prevailed in the country adding that the promises made to the nation on restoration of judges would be fulfilled “I am feeling very happy to attend the maiden session of the first government and would do every thing possible to come up to the expectations of the masses”, Nawaz Sharif said while talking to reporters upon his arrival at the Parliament House on Monday.
He said that we have always raised our voices for strengthening of democracy, independence of judiciary and free media and we would continue to do so. He added that PML-N parliamentarians would always strive for solving the problems of the masses. He said that we are still stuck to our stance of restoration of judges and would remain so and would raise our voices in the National Assembly for the supremacy of the democratic institutions.
Nawaz Sharif said that he and the PML-N parliamentarians would not let the public down and they would try to come up to the expectations of the masses and the confidence that the people of this country reposed in them. Later while leaving the assembly after the oath taking Nawaz Sharif talking to media men said the 30 days countdown for restoration of judges has started from today and promise made to the nation would be fulfilled. He said our priority is restoration of judges and this would remain so.
He said that the previous government has left behind a legacy of problems, inflation and hatred but we would try our ample best to rid the nation of these problems and would devise a counter strategy with the allied parties in this regard.
PML-N Quaid Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Monday said that the caretaker regime has passed on all the problems to the winning parties but the power transfer process was ‘yet to be initiated’.“The caretaker setup which is continuation of the previous government has passed on the issues like price hike, law and order and other ills to the winning parties. But still they are holding the power with them and the process of transition of power is yet to start,” said the two-time Prime Minister of the country while talking to the media here at the Parliament House.
Flanked by PPP Co-Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari and other leaders, the upbeat Nawaz Sharif reassured the media that the new government would fulfill the promises made to the nation. “We have promised to restore the judiciary in the Murree Accord and no one has to repeat this demand which we have already pledged to implement,” he said when asked when the deposed judges would be restored.
To a question whether the PPP and the PML-N had decided their nominee for the slot of Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif said, “Mr. Zardari is my Prime Minister”. In response to the goodwill gesture by the PML-N leader, Asif Zardari, like a smart politician, sharply repeated the same words, saying,” And my Prime Minister is Mian Nawaz Sharif”.
Earlier, the PML-N Chief arrived at the Parliament House amid tight security. Personnel of law enforcement agencies escorted the vehicle of PML-N Quaid to the main entrance of the Parliament House where Mian Raza Rabbani, the Opposition Leader in the Senate, with other PML-N leaders welcomed the PML-N Chief and escorted him to the chamber of Raza Rabbani.—Online