PML-N cancels Swat rally after Maryam Nawaz falls 'ill'
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has cancelled its Swat rally after party Vice-President Maryam Nawaz 'fell ill', said the party spokesperson on Tuesday.
According to PML-N Spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb, Maryam had a high fever and doctors had advised her against flying.
Aurangzeb apologised to the people of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and “especially the district of Swat”.
The spokesperson further said that Maryam was confident that the people of K-P would select the PML-N's symbol in the second phase of local government elections.
She added that the PML-N leader sent good wishes to the officials and workers of the party.
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Maryam Nawaz, who has been conspicuously missing from the political arena since no-confidence manoeuvrings picked up steam, will lead will party’s caravan towards Islamabad, the party had announced on Friday.
Party workers have been instructed to gear up for a possible sit-in. According to the issued circular, the party has announced that Maryam Nawaz alongside Hamza Shehbaz would lead a PML-N caravan from Lahore on March 24 to reach Islamabad by March 27 for PDM rally.