Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the will of the Pakistani people will never be overruled again and democracy is the country’s future, referring to a military coup that overthrew his Government 14 years ago.
On October 12, 1999, the then Army chief General Pervez Musharraf overthrew Sharif’s democratically elected Government in a bloodless military coup.
“We have an elected parliament, an independent judiciary and vibrant media to guard the freedom and liberties of the people of Pakistan as enshrined in the Constitution,” Sharif was quoted as saying by the State-run APP news agency.
“Insha Allah (God willing) we the chosen representatives of people, will strive hard to strengthen democracy, and to establish rule of law,” he said on Saturday. Musharraf took power in the 1999 coup and ruled as the President until he resigned in 2008.