Pakistan's fragile coalition split on Monday with Nawaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League(N) withdrawing support to the PPP-led government accusing it of reneging on the promise to reinstate sacked judges.
"The promises made to us were not honoured by the PPP," Sharif, a former Pakistan Prime Minister, told a packed press conference in Islamabad.
The six-month-old coalition has been tethering on the brink of collapse following sharp differences between Sharif and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on the issue of reinstatement of judges sacked by the then President Pervez Musharraf in March last year.
"The PPP has forced us to withdraw support and sit in the opposition," the 59-year-old leader said.
However, he said, PML(N) will act as a "constructive opposition" and will continue efforts to bring genuine democracy in Pakistan.
Siddiqui as PML(N) presidential candidate
Nawaz Sharif has also named former Chief Justice Saeed us Zaman Siddiqui as his party's candidate for presidential polls scheduled for September 6.
Addressing newspersons after a meeting of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Sharif said that the party has requested the former judge to contest the presidential elections.
The former Prime Minister said that Saeed us Zaman Siddiqui is a "non-partisan person".
Siddiqui was the Chief Justice when Sharif was deposed as Prime Minister in a military coup in 1999. He was forced to step down from his post after he refused to endorse Musharraf's actions.
Sharif's party pulls out of PPP-led coalition
Pakistan's fragile coalition split on Monday with Nawaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League(N) withdrawing support to the PPP-led government accusing it of reneging on the promise to reinstate sacked judges.
"The promises made to us were not honoured by the PPP," Sharif, a former Pakistan Prime Minister, told a packed press conference in Islamabad.
The six-month-old coalition has been tethering on the brink of collapse following sharp differences between Sharif and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on the issue of reinstatement of judges sacked by the then President Pervez Musharraf in March last year.
"The PPP has forced us to withdraw support and sit in the opposition," the 59-year-old leader said.
However, he said, PML(N) will act as a "constructive opposition" and will continue efforts to bring genuine democracy in Pakistan.
Siddiqui as PML(N) presidential candidate
Nawaz Sharif has also named former Chief Justice Saeed us Zaman Siddiqui as his party's candidate for presidential polls scheduled for September 6.
Addressing newspersons after a meeting of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Sharif said that the party has requested the former judge to contest the presidential elections.
The former Prime Minister said that Saeed us Zaman Siddiqui is a "non-partisan person".
Siddiqui was the Chief Justice when Sharif was deposed as Prime Minister in a military coup in 1999. He was forced to step down from his post after he refused to endorse Musharraf's actions.
