Incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Parvez Elahi on Tuesday took a jibe at PML-N supremo Nawaz, who recently returned to the country after ending a four-year self-imposed exile in London, saying "Nelson Mandela" should first hold his brother Shehbaz Sharif responsible for skyrocketing inflation in the country.
During its 16-month tenure, PM Shehbaz Sharif-led Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government had failed to meet the promises made to the masses and left behind a massive fiscal deficit and high inflation.
During his interactions with journalists at Gujranwala and Islamabad courts, Elahi — while taking a jibe at Nawaz — said that the elder Sharif was trying to become “Nelson Mandela”.
Responding to a question, the PTI president said that the caretakers would have to hold elections, adding the PTI would prove its popularity in the polls.
Blasting the former PDM-led government, Elahi said that people were compelled to commit suicides due to high inflation.
“Elections’ date will be announced due to the Supreme Court,” he remarked.
The PTI president further said that Sharif would not be able to rig the upcoming elections, adding, “No one can even think of rigging in the [upcoming] elections."
Earlier today, an anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi extended Elahi’s judicial remand in the Judicial Complex attack case till November 21. ATC Judge Raja Jawad Abbas Hasan heard the case.
Elahi was initially arrested on June 1 from outside his residence in a Rs70 million graft case related to the embezzlement of development funds allocated for the Gujrat district. Since then, the former Punjab chief minister has been released several times only to be arrested immediately in different cases.
