After Bhutto, Ahsan was the most popular face of PPP when he withdrew his nomination papers at the insistence of lawyers. In hindsight, does he regret this move?
“I was confident of winning even from detention as I was the joint candidate of PPP and PML(N). Nawaz Sharif came to my house at Lahore and met my wife since I was in detention and announced my candidacy from his party. I don’t have any regrets because had I contested the elections, I would have jeopardised the integrity of the movement.”