[DAWN] Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
, while addressing a charged crowd at Committee Chowk in Rawalpindi late Wednesday night, said that millions of people had voted to elect their leader but unfortunately a few had conspired to overthrow the democratic government.
"It happened with me for the third time. Is this not an insult to your vote?" Nawaz asked his gathered supporters.
"This gathering here serves as a referendum. The court of the people of Pakistain has given its verdict in my favour," the PML-N leader claimed.
For the past 70 years, not a single prime minister has been allowed to complete his or her tenure, he observed.
"We have to make sure that the mandate of the people is respected in the future. We will do this in the interest of Pakistain," he said, adding that until the mandate of people is not respected, Pakistain can not progress.
Posters handed out at the rally.