Has Nawaz Sharif taken the PPP bait again? by Ansar Abbasi

ISLAMABAD: The PML-N has again been set up, fooled in the name of democracy and possible threats from the establishment, as the Zardari-Gilani duo has smartly pushed the bogey of a technocrats’ government to scare Mian Nawaz Sharif into supporting the PPP to pass the next budget.
Sources said that Nawaz Sharif, who has recently undergone heart treatment in Britain, has already been alarmed by statements of Prime Minister Gilani of the possible setting up of a technocrats’ government to exploit his fears. The PML-N chief was asked to support the system and not to let it derail.
Without the support of the opposition and in view of the unpredictability of the MQM, it would be extremely tough to get the next finance bill passed, which could mean the fall of the government. According to sources, the talk about the technocrats’ government by the president, prime minister and a few ministers, including Interior Minister Rehman Malik, was a deliberate move aimed specifically at Nawaz Sharif. No evidence has been produced by any of the PPP leaders to substantiate the imaginary threat.

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