Promising ‘change’: Only PML-N can steer the country out of crises, says Nawaz
Hits out at PPP govt for rampant unemployment, corruption and energy crisis.
PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif. PHOTO: FILE
FAISALABAD:
PML-N Nawaz Sharif has lamented the nose-diving economy, rampant unemployment, burgeoning energy crisis and sliding living standards in Pakistan, saying that only his party could guide the country through these dire straits.
“People have confidence in me. They voted me to power twice. On both occasions, however, anti-democracy forces did not allow me to complete my constitutional tenure,” Nawaz told journalists on Monday. He was in Sammundri to offer condolences to the family of PML-N leader Chaudhry Sharif Gujjar.
He hit out at former military ruler Pervez Musharraf who had toppled his second government in October 1999. “Musharraf derailed democracy while the country was on the road to prosperity and development,” he said. “Today, the entire nation is paying the price for his adventurism”.
The PML-N chief also criticised the PPP-led coalition government for ‘bad governance, nepotism and corruption.’ He added that the previous government added to the problems of people instead of resolving them.
“During the PPP government, poverty went up to an all-time high. Economically, the country has been ruined, and the law and order situation has worsened, especially in Karachi and Quetta,” he added.
Nawaz said that key state-run organisations like PIA, Pakistan Railways and Pakistan Steel Mill were at the brink of collapse due to the ill-conceived policies of the previous government. “If voted to power, the PML-N will change the destiny of Pakistan and bring qualitative change in the lives of people,” he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 16th, 2013.
PML-N Nawaz Sharif has lamented the nose-diving economy, rampant unemployment, burgeoning energy crisis and sliding living standards in Pakistan, saying that only his party could guide the country through these dire straits.
“People have confidence in me. They voted me to power twice. On both occasions, however, anti-democracy forces did not allow me to complete my constitutional tenure,” Nawaz told journalists on Monday. He was in Sammundri to offer condolences to the family of PML-N leader Chaudhry Sharif Gujjar.
He hit out at former military ruler Pervez Musharraf who had toppled his second government in October 1999. “Musharraf derailed democracy while the country was on the road to prosperity and development,” he said. “Today, the entire nation is paying the price for his adventurism”.
The PML-N chief also criticised the PPP-led coalition government for ‘bad governance, nepotism and corruption.’ He added that the previous government added to the problems of people instead of resolving them.
“During the PPP government, poverty went up to an all-time high. Economically, the country has been ruined, and the law and order situation has worsened, especially in Karachi and Quetta,” he added.
Nawaz said that key state-run organisations like PIA, Pakistan Railways and Pakistan Steel Mill were at the brink of collapse due to the ill-conceived policies of the previous government. “If voted to power, the PML-N will change the destiny of Pakistan and bring qualitative change in the lives of people,” he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 16th, 2013.