ISLAMABAD -UNS: Senior politician and lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan has claimed that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the caretaker government are trying to ensure Nawaz Sharif wins a two-thirds majority in next year’s general elections.
“The way things are going, they are trying to give Mian Sahib a two-thirds majority. The election commission, the administration and the caretakers [are in this]. However, it will not be easy,” Ahsan said in an interview on DawnNewsTV on Friday night.
Ahsan said Nawaz being prime minister was a forgone conclusion. “He already is prime minister. Today he’s getting the protocol of a prime minister. He has become PM for the fourth time. Now the rest of it is ceremonial.
“However, if there is a level playing field, PML-N will have a very minor part in the next [National] Assembly.”
He also called PML-N a ladla — favoured one. “PML-N has been given special treatment. [Nawaz] was in London for four years; has any prisoner or criminal been granted such permission? He [Nawaz] said he’d be gone for weeks.
“And the man [Shehbaz] who gave guarantees for him became the prime minister.
“Muslim League Noon are not just ladlay, they are ladla plus.”
