Lahore, Nov 13: Pakistan can rid itself of dictatorship if all political parties boycott the elections, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has told Geo News.

Sharif said that elections would be meaningless if political activists and civil society representatives remained behind bars.

He said he would send his recommendations to the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM).

Commenting on his contacts with Bhutto, Sharif said she has not yet replied to a letter that he wrote to her on November 10, asking her to launch a joint struggle against Musharraf.

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Railways Minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, has said that some political parties don’t have candidates to represent them in the districts and that is why they are talking about a poll boycott. (ANI)