Referring to "conspiracies" against him, Nawaz warned he would disclose with evidence all that has been going on for the last four years. "I would also like to say if the activities behind the curtain do not stop, I will present all the evidence and proofs before the nation here from Islamabad. [I] will tell the tale of the past four years and tell the nation what was going on during that time." he warned. "I will tell the nation what is happening now, and how the electoral process is being influenced by imposing personal opinions," he further said, adding that democracy should be given a chance to be in its true shape.
"Don't make it [democracy] a slave to your wishes, as a type of democracy slaved [to others] is a sort of dictatorship which can never defend the country's integrity and its interests," he further said.
"Today, I am going to say in crystal clear and categorical terms that the country's fate is linked to free, fair and transparent elections. Every political party should be given a level playing field to take part in these elections...and nobody's hands should be tied through secret telephone calls, deals and unlawful decisions, and avoid giving any 'dheel' [freedom] or deal to a 'darling,'" he warned, adding democracy should be given a chance to flourish in its real shape.
He further maintained that people who have given nothing to the country "but are doing the politics of sit-ins and lies, and those who have been rejected by the people in the elections should not be patted on the back and imposed on the country."
He said that the people are aware and are capable of making their own decisions, and their opinions and the sanctity of their vote should not be insulted. Nawaz said he had been the Prime Minister of the country thrice and privy to a lot of 'facts'. "As a sincere and compassionate citizen of the country, I would like to bring it on record that we should also assess our own character and actions with full sincerity."
The former premier said he had been on a number of occasions saying that "we should look at our own house and think over it as to why the world thinks negatively about us." "But my sincere advice was not only neglected every time but it was either termed Dawn Leaks or given any other name...and questions were also raised on my patriotism," said the former premier."We should ask ourselves as to why the world never listens to us despite huge sacrifices that our police, security forces, civilians and even children have rendered over the past 17 years. Why is our narrative not being accepted despite suffering heavy losses?' he posed questions.
"We need to find answers to these questions. If these questions are continued to be neglected and no answers are found for being contrary to the national interests, it would be a major self-deception. It is because of these self-deceptions that Pakistan had been bifurcated in two parts," he warned.
"We need to get rid of this self-deception now, and the country's leadership, all its institutions, intellectuals, media and the people should join hands to find answers to these questions and find solutions to them," he added.
Nawaz said this is the year of general elections when the electorates will choose their representatives for the next five years. He recalled how elections in Pakistan have historically not been taken seriously, preventing successive prime ministers from completing their terms. He lamented that even the country was divided into two parts when elections results had not been accepted in the past.
He insisted that even Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah had stated that decision of the people had never been wrong, "but here over the past 70 years, either people's decision is twisted or their choice of leader is turned into an example for all."
He warned that the same 'depleted' principle of the past is still being applied to upcoming general elections to mould the popular decision of the masses through engineered elections to stop the way of one political party and pave the way for the 'blue-eyed darling.'
He referred to public surveys that claimed that his party is enjoying a 'clear majority.' "But the people scared of this fact are trying to alter the fact with a view to bringing about results of their choice," he maintained. Responding to Donald Trump's tweet, he said that at the advent of the New Year, a "non-serious' tweet by the US President was "disappointing", saying "a head of state should keep in mind the set diplomatic norms while addressing another state."
He reminded to the US President that Pakistan has paid a heavy price since 9/11 incident while the country suffered the most than any other country on account of human and capital losses.
"We have been engaged in such a war for the last 17 years which fundamentally was not our war," he said, adding the US President should know that after coming into power in 2013, the PML-N government took effective steps to eradicate terrorism and launched an Operation Zarb-e-Azb.
"Today, with grace of Almighty Allah, we have broken the backbone of terrorists and the remaining elements would meet the same fate very soon," he said. "This is neither 2001 nor a dictator is in the power here [in Pakistan], who would bow [before the US] on a single telephone call," he asserted, while referring to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's decision to join the war against terrorism in 2001.
"We have a democratically elected government here which does not care for threats...We should not be taunted about the aid," he said, adding Coalition Support Fund (CSF) should not be described as "aid or alms." Insisting that "we do not need such a fund which is conditioned to our support," the former premier said that he would advise Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to devise such to strategy to ensure that "we do not need any US aid so that such attacks are not made on our self respect."