Aitzaz criticises PML-N’s politics

All the PML-N guns that used to fire broadsides are now silent, says PPP leader

LAHORE: Senior PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan on Saturday said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) could not do “politics of retaliation”, as it was acting upon “instructions”, implying that the main opposition party was taking cues from the establishment.

Talking to media persons in Lahore, the senior lawyer said that the PML-N, especially the Sharif family, had changed their earlier position and distanced themselves from any sort of political retaliation.

“All the PML-N guns that used to fire broadsides are now silent,” he said. “The PML-N and the Sharif family cannot do politics of retaliation. The PML-N will do what they are told,” he added.

This was the second time in a week that a PPP leader openly criticised the PML-N.

Earlier, party Chairman Bilawal Zardari said that Nawaz Sharif was also a selected PM. He criticised PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif, saying that when the people of Punjab needed him, he went to Karachi.

The PML-N had not responded to Bilawal’s remarks. This time too, the party seems to be abstaining from reacting to Aitzaz’s comments.
PML-N leader Javaid Latif, when asked to comment on Ahsan’s remarks, said that Ahsan’s statements were not even owned by his own party, therefore, his words have no value. Other PML-N leaders also refused to react to Ahsan’s remarks.