PML-N won during PTI govt, will win again, says Maryam

PML-N leaders says ex-PM laid landmines for coalition govt which led to tough decisions

RAWALPINDI:

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz said on Thursday her party won all the by-elections when Imran Khan was the prime minister and now the party would defeat the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the upcoming by-election.

Addressing a public gathering in Kallar Syedan, she said that the apex court detailed judgment, issued on Wednesday, effectively finished Imran Khan’s politics, adding that those who violated the Constitution must be tried under Article 6 of the Constitution.

“Now he [PTI Chairman Imran Khan] is crying about rigging. The person who lost all by-polls to the PML-N during his own tenure is now crying rigging. Imran Khan is the founder of rigging in Pakistan,” the PML-N vice president said.

Quoting from Imran’s speeches, that he saw picture of Nawaz Sharif on a motorway, Maryam said: “How would you not see that picture [of Nawaz Sharif]. He lives in hearts of the people. You will see his pictures in every home.

“Nawaz Sharif built the motorways, which Imran uses to reach the venues of his public gatherings,” she said, branding Imran as an “enemy” of the people of Punjab and Pakistan. “You must throw him outside Punjab [via by-polls],” she urged the participants.

Hailing the Supreme Court’s “historic” decision, Maryam Nawaz said that the top court called former prime minister Imran Khan a “violator of the Constitution”. She added that the apex court had finished the PTI chief’s “foreign conspiracy” narrative.

“The judge said he [Imran Khan] never gave proof of conspiracy. If he had any proof he would have presented as there is no better forum than the Supreme Court to validate his claim,” she added.

The PML-N leader said that Imran Khan had laid landmines for the coalition government, which led the leadership to take tough decisions but added that the coming days would bring good news.

“Today, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will address the nation and announce reduction in the prices of diesel and petrol,” she revealed. “You [Imran] kept increasing oil prices for four years. Taking care of the masses is our responsibility now,” she added.

Mocking the former prime minister further Maryam said that those who used to say “we didn't come to power to look after prices of potatoes” were now telling the prices of different commodities in their speeches.