PESHAWAR: A worker of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz from Bajaur Agency has threatened to commit self-immolation if Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is forced to resign.

“Our property case depends on stability of the government. If Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is forced to step down, my tribe will be unable to recover the land and I will commit self-immolation at Liaquat Bagh, Rawalpindi,” Shehryar told journalists at Peshawar Press Club on Monday.

With a party flag around his neck and a bottle full of petrol on the table in front of him, the PML-N worker said that his family had a valuable land property worth millions of rupees in Bajuar Agency and Nawaz Sharif before coming into power had promised to help him in recovery of the land.

“We are waiting for the end of the sit-ins. The prime minister will help us get back our land. In case he is forced to step down, it will be a serious setback to my family and as result we all landowners will commit self-immolation,” Mr Shehryar said.

The PML-N worker said that Nawaz Sharif was an elected prime minister and the demand of his resignation was wrong and undemocratic.

He said that the entire nation supported Nawaz Sharif to strengthen democracy and supremacy of the constitution in the country.

Criticising Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Tahirul Qadri and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan, he said

that the two leaders had nothing to do with the country’s interests but they wanted to gain powers at any cost.

“I along with my family and relatives will commit self-immolation and the entire responsibility will rest with PTI and PAT leadership,” Mr Shehryar said.

He added that PAT chief was a Canadian national, who was trying to ruin democracy by besieging parliament and national institutions with the help of few thousands people.

The PML-N worker demanded of the government to arrest Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri for what he called their unconstitutional and undemocratic step and lodge a case against them for attacking Parliament House and other national institutions during the sit-ins in Islamabad.

Mr Shehryar said that they would render any sacrifice for protection of democracy and supremacy of constitution.

Published in Dawn, September 2nd , 2014