PM foiled bid to pin Taseer murder on us: Nawaz

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif Friday said attempts were made to involve him and his brother (Shahbaz Sharif) in the assassination of then Governor Punjab, Salman Taseer but the Prime Minister helped foil the bids.

Addressing a book launching ceremony at a local hotel, Nawaz Sharif said: “Whispers of building a case of section 302 against me and Shahbaz Sharif were being heard.” But this, he added, did not deter him from presenting his national agenda before the government.

“Now all I can do is pray that the government put it into action,” the PML-N Chief said, adding, some points of the agenda can be implemented even before 45 days.

He said he considered himself not less than a prime minister even without being on the post officially.

“It is the foremost mission of me and my party to re-build Pakistan,” he asserted, adding whether we get elected to power or not we will live and die for Pakistan and not make any compromise on the country’s interests.