PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif. —File Photo

SUKKUR: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has said that although the time has come to force the government to step down, his party will take into consideration the interest of the country and the nation before deciding to quit the assemblies.

Mr Qureshi resigned from the basic membership of the PPP and the National Assembly on Monday. Mr Sharif said he and his colleagues had been trying for a long time to make the government realise the severity of national problems, because it was essential for strengthening democracy to solve problems being faced by the people. However, he added, the performance of the government had been far from being satisfactory.

The PML-N chief visited Chak area in Shikarpur district and offered condolences to the families of three Hindus who had been killed recently.

Addressing a gathering, he deplored that the killers had not been arrested despite the lapse of a week and urged President Asif Ali Zardari to set up his camp in the area till the killers were arrested.

Mr Sharif said that during the PML-N government he had arranged a court in the house of a victimised woman in Sindh. He said those involved in crimes should be dealt with severely as the PML-N government had done while fighting with dacoits. Talking to a five-member delegation of the PML-N Lawyers' Forum belonging to the minorities that demanded protection, especially for Hindus, he assured them of his support and advised the members of the community not to leave the country.

Addressing a public meeting at Madaiji near Garhi Khuda Bux, he said that the nation should get united for the development and prosperity of the country.

Mr Sharif said the PML-N was capable of solving the problems of people.

Azhar Kumario, an elder, joined the PML-N on the occasion, leaving the PML-Q. Mr Sharif was accompanied by National Assembly's former speaker Elahi Bux Soomro, Pir Pagara's grandson Umar Shah Rashidi and other leaders of the PML-N.