Sharif rules out deal with Musharraf

Exiled former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif has ruled out striking any deal with President Pervez Musharraf saying it was a ‘‘sin’’ to work with the military leadership.

‘‘Pakistan is not a garrison state of its Army and the military rule is like a fatal venom for the country. Military rulers are a fatal poison for the country. Democratic powers must unite on a single platform,’’ reporters quoted Sharif as saying in a telephonic address to the general council of Pakistan Muslim League-N here on Wednesday.

The PML-N council later re-elected Sharif’s brother Shabaz Sharif, who lived with him in exile as a president. Senior party leader Rajz Zafarul Haq was re-elected as chairman of the party.

Sharif in his address said his struggle is not against the Army but against the bunch of ‘‘six generals that are power hungry.’’ ‘‘The military rulers should leave power otherwise they will be removed,’’ he said.