Former Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Müslim League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
's remarks were likely aimed at capitalizing on popular anger at the army following the US raid that killed the late Osama bin Laden
... who has left the building...
last month.
Sharif's comments to news hounds were made at a public memorial for investigative journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, who was killed May 30 after telling a human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal
liberty...
activist that he had been threatened by intelligence agents. The army-run intelligence agencies have denied killing him.
In comments broadcast live on television, Sharif said the army should stop its "dominance of Pakistain's foreign policy" and accused it of running a "parallel government."
Sharif also said that the Supreme Court should take suo motto action against the killing of Saleem Shahzad.
He said there would be no terrorism and extremism in the country if democracy prevails in Pakistain.