Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said on Friday that if the government goes ahead with parliamentary elections next month, it will “destroy the country”.“If the government is adamant about holding elections on January 8, it is going on a self-destructive path which will not only destroy the government itself, but will also destroy the country,” AFP cited Nawaz as telling reporters at a press conference at the residence of PML-N leader Raja Ashfaq Sarwar. “They are not going to be credible,” he said. “Most of the mainstream political parties have announced their boycott.”
In protest: Online quoted him as saying in unequivocal terms that his party would not participate in the upcoming elections in protest against the assassination of Pakistan PeopleÂ’s Party (PPP) Chairwoman Benazir Bhutto at a rally outside Liaquat Bagh. He said the PML-N shared the PPPÂ’s grief, and this was why the party was boycotting the polls. He said the only reason the government could hold elections in January would be to allow the PML-Q an opponent-free win.