“They can’t terrorise me through threats,” Sharif told Dawn over phone from London, adding that he was not afraid of being arrested or implicated in “false” cases.
However, when asked if he would move the court to seek an injunction that he should not be arrested on his return to Pakistan, the ex-Premier said all issues would be looked into.
An accountability court in Pakistan on Saturday refused a government plea to issue an arrest warrant against Nawaz Sharif in corruption cases.
The National Accountability Bureau had asked the court to issue arrest warrants against Sharif and his family members.But judge Chaudhry Khalid Mehmood rejected the anti-graft panel’s plea.
Saudi’s role
Asked if Saudi Arabia, where he was sent to exile as part of an alleged deal, had any role to play in preparing the ground for his return to Pakistan, Sharif said: “We should stop involving the Saudis in sensitive matters. We should give up this habit.”
When asked whether he would come to Pakistan straight from London or via Saudi Arabia, Sharif said “so far we haven’t finalised our programme.”
The former Premier said restoration of democracy, riddance from the Army’s role in governance, independence of judiciary and supremacy of the Constitution were the major issues on the list of his priorities.