Shehbaz decries forces of anarchy

Claims that PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif has always worked for peoples’ welfare

ISLAMABAD:

 

 PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has said those who had the agenda to spread anarchy in the country are doing the same right now while PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif, on the other hand, thinks only about the welfare of the people.

“Nawaz Sharif doesn't think about his own interests and politics. He always thinks about Pakistan and the people's interests. We are striving to save Pakistan from any new calamity or crisis,” Shehbaz said.

He added that the people who had the agenda to spread anarchy are still trying to create chaos. However, he did not elaborate as to who he was referring to.

The PML-N president, who is likely to lead a ruling coalition—comprising the PML-N, the PPP, the MQM, the IPP and BAP—as the next prime minister, was speaking to various returning candidates who on Saturday announced joining the PML-N.

Rashid Akbar Nawani, who won the election from National Assembly constituency NA-92 Bhakkar, Ahmad Nawaz Nawani who won from PP-90 Bhakkar, and Amir Inayat Shahani who won the election from PP-92 and PP-93 Bhakkar seats, announced their inclusion in the PML-N.

Additionally, Hasham Inamullah Khan from the K-P Assembly constituency PK-106 and Malik Tariq Awan from the K-P Assembly constituency PK-82 also announced joining the party.

These independent candidates expressed confidence in Nawaz Sharif's leadership and hoped that only the PML-N could steer the country out of its issues. Shehbaz Sharif extended them a warm welcome and stated that political instability in the country serves no one's interests.

“The economic challenges demand that everyone works together for Pakistan. We have saved the country from default before, and that remains our priority,” he said, adding that “We want the progress of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This progress is, however, only possible by curbing terrorism.”

Shehbaz served as the prime minister between April 2022 to August 2023 after ouster of the PTI led federal government in the wake of a no trust vote.

In October 2023, Nawaz Sharif returned to Pakistan, ending his four-year-long self-imposed exile. The PML-N supreme leader was also exonerated in the corruption cases that were filed against him in the wake of the Panama Papers leaks.
However, in Feb 8 general elections the PML-N, despite emerging as the largest party in the National Assembly, failed to get enough seats to form a government on its own.

Against this backdrop and amid the controversy surrounding the general elections that many now claim were highly rigged, Nawaz decided not to run for the prime ministerial post this time and nominated Shehbaz, his younger brother, as the PML-N’s candidate for premiership.