PML-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif has said he wants to negotiate with militants rather than using military force to tackle the extremist violence sweeping across the country. In an interview with AP, he accused President Pervez Musharraf of planning to rig the February 19 vote, “which can trigger uncontrollable unrest and tear the country apart”. The US support for Musharraf was deepening anti-American sentiment in the country, Nawaz said, adding that only democratic rule could end rising militancy.