PML-N playing role of vanguard: Marriyum

Says it was power of vote that gave the Constitution, CPEC and motorways to the country

Under the stewardship of the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, the PML-N is playing the role of a vanguard for the sanctity of vote because only by upholding the sanctity of vote it is possible to implement the Constitution in its true spirit.

This was stated by Minister of State for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb while addressing a ‘Voters Day’ seminar at the Institute of Parliamentary Services on Thursday. She said that the PML-N would carry forward its campaign for sanctity of the vote in the light of the thinking and philosophy of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allam Iqbal and with the support of the masses.

Aurangzeb remarked that it was the power of the vote that gave the Constitution, China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and motorways to the country and made it a nuclear power.

The minister said that democracy in any form was far better than dictatorship and strong democracy was a bulwark against dictatorship.

She said that the youth who were 65% of the population would have to make a pledge on ‘Voters Day’ to use their right to franchise only on the basis of the performances of parties during the 2018 elections when democracy would have completed 10 years of its journey.