Former Prime Minister and chief of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Nawaz Sharif vowed to fight terrorism "with conviction" if re-elected prime minister and accused military ruler President Pervez Musharraf of deceiving the West over his commitment.
"When I was prime minister we extended full co-operation to everybody ... We condemn all kinds of terrorism ... and we'll continue to fight terrorism," Sharif told Reuters in an interview. "If you fight this menace, you fight out of conviction. Musharraf needs the threat of terror for his own survival. He is doing something in Pakistan and he is telling something else to the outside world. I think he is hoodwinking the West," he said.