Such Tu Yeh Hai

In the book titled Sach Tu Yeh Hai, which is an account of his experiences in politics, PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has alleged that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif asked him to frame Asif Ali Zardari in a narcotics case.The book details Hussain’s brief stint as the country’s prime minister and his interactions with political leaders throughout his career. It was launched at a ceremony held on Tuesday.Regarding the allegation, Hussain says that he had refused to file the case, and in 2011, during an interaction Zardari credit him for his presidency.Hussain writes in the book, “Before Nawaz was sworn in as the prime minister for a second time in 1997, Mian Sharif visited me and promised to make Pervez Ellahi the chief minister of Punjab.” After gaining power, Nawaz appointed his younger brother, Shehbaz Sharif, on the post.Further, the PML-Q leader alleges that former prime minister Shaukat Aziz had complained about then chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Chaudhry to Pervez Musharraf.“Then when Iftikhar Chaudhry was reinstated, I advised Musharraf to settle differences with him and he was ready to, however, their aides did not allow them to proceed in the matter,” he said.Further, Hussain claimed that Pervez Musharraf used to say that former prime minister of Pakistan Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali was ‘extremely lazy’.“Musharraf used to complain that PM sb [Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali] wakes up at noon so I advised Jamali to resign,” Hussain mentions in his book.