Nawaz will investigate any ISI role in Mumbai blasts
ISLAMABAD: Nawaz Sharif, seen as the front-runner in Pakistan’s election race, said he would not allow militant groups to attack India from his country and would work to improve ties with New Delhi if elected. “If I become the prime minister I will make sure that the Pakistani soil is not used for any such designs against India,” Nawaz Sharif told CNN-IBN in an interview. Despite recent strains, India and Pakistan’s relations have improved after nose-diving in 2008 when gunmen killed 166 people in Mumbai in a three-day rampage that India blamed on a Pakistani militant group. According to opinion polls, Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) is expected to win Saturday’s general election after capitalising on the failure of the outgoing Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to tackle everything from power cuts to a Taliban insurgency. Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who has formed his own party, has become one of Pakistan’s most popular politicians and could be a major...