PPP govt won't last long, says Nawaz

DUBAI (PPI) -Nawaz Sharif has said that he will contest the by-polls for National Assembly and will be in the Parliament soon.

In an interview with Gulf News in Islamabad on Tuesday, he refuted the reports that he did not want to be a Member of Parliament.

"I am going to contest election and will be in the Parliament soon". On the question that whether he regretted quitting ruling coalition, he said, "Not at all but I am disappointed, dismayed, rather let down by broken promises of PPP Co-Chairman Zardari. It is very unfortunate that commitments are not honoured at this level".

On the chances of rejoining coalition Sharif replied in negative adding that, "Things are now beyond that point. PPP is trying to divide judiciary at the cost of national interests as, instead of reinstating judges, they are picking out a few and forcing them to take fresh oath which is wrong. This policy of politicising and dividing judiciary will damage the institution of judiciary. I don't want that. I want independent judiciary in this country because we cannot make progress without that.

I certainly feel we should adopt positive path and seriously look forward to strengthening democracy, address socio-economic, political, constitutional issues facing the country.

At time of joining coalition government, we had set out agenda to overcome crises. Had Mr Zardari adhered to his commitments, we would have changed situation by now.