Pakistan will not be allowed to become a colony of the United States and President Pervez Musharraf's shadow is going to vanish soon from the country's horizon, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said on Friday. Nawaz was talking to PML-N Lahore Senior Vice President Mirza Muhammad Javed. He said the country was facing the worst crisis of its history. "We need co-operation from the people at this juncture. The nation had showered love on us and we would honour it," he pledged. Nawaz said the flour crisis had been overcome and power shortage and inflation would soon be controlled. "We cannot be blamed for the prevailing price hike as the conspiracies of the previous government have sparked inflation," Nawaz said.