Nawaz Sharif vows to put Pakistan back on track
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PML-N Quaid and former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif while referring to the PTI government said that when it was ousted from power it left a trail of destruction behind. “Now putting Pakistan back on track is a hard nut to crack but we will do it,” he said, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Addressing a mammoth public rally in Mansehra from where he is contesting elections on Monday, Nawaz Sharif said that when last time he was the country’s prime minister, there was no price-hike. “But sadly those who came to power later left everything in tatters.”
He went on to say that had the PML-N wanted, it could have formed its government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in 2013. “If I had not been disqualified, even the people of Mansehra would have the facility of a metro bus service,” he said, and added, “But unfortunately many injustices have been done to Pakistan.”
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن) کا مانسہرہ میں عظیم الشان جلسہ۔ https://t.co/sAKlZm2rrx
— PMLN (@pmln_org) January 22, 2024
Nawaz criticized political opponents for ruining the country’s economy. “Nawaz Sharif left better Pakistan but now it is detracted,” he said.
The ex-prime minister said that had he not been removed from power in 2017, the people of Mansehra would have been gifted an airport and a metro project. He regretted that development work on the Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway was stopped by the past PTI government.
He vowed to bring Pakistan back on the path of prosperity after coming into power, saying the PML-N will again provide fuel, vegetables and other things at cheaper rates after coming into power. The issue of water will also be settled, he added.
Nawaz Sharif’s last three terms as prime minister in 1990-93, 1997-99, and 2013-17 ended before he could complete his tenures, as he was removed by a military-backed president in 1993, ousted in a military coup in 1999, and disqualified by the Supreme Court in 2017. He has lived in self-exile in the UK since 2019 after he was convicted in two separate corruption cases and got seven- and ten-year jail terms.
Since his return to Pakistan in October, Nawaz Sharif had been acquitted in two major corruption cases, paving the way for his participation in the elections, scheduled for Feb 8.
Look at the adulation, affection and support for Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz Sharif in Mansehra!!
— PMLN (@pmln_org) January 22, 2024
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Mansehra is considered a stronghold of the PML-N party which won a seat there in the 2013 and 2018 elections.
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He, however, said that despite difficulties, he would do his best to pull the country out of crisis.
He said he was hopeful that the water issue would be resolved as well.
The former prime minister had kicked off his election campaign from Hafizabad, Punjab, on January 18.
KP not meant for conducting experiments, says Maryam Nawaz
PML-N vice president accuses PTI govt of corruption
Accusing the last PTI government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) of minting money, PML-N Vice President and the party’s chief organizer Maryam Nawaz said on Monday that KP was not a province where one could conduct experiments, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Addressing a rally in Mansehra, she said that so close was Mansehra to the former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif’s heart that he insisted that he would contest the election from the city.
“It is no secret that Nawaz has immense love for Mansehra and Hazara,” she asserted.
Maryam said ecstatically that today the people of Mansehra, by turning out in such large numbers, had given their verdict in the favour of the PML-N days ahead of February 8 general elections.
She remarked in a satirical tone that nowhere in the province did she see any sign of PTI government’s much publicized ‘Billion Tree Tsunami’ project.
What to speak of the project, she alleged, the PTI government even sold old trees.
Maryam was all praise for the PML-N leader captain (r) Safdar, who, she said, was committed to the service of the people of Mansehra.
Reporter: Yasir Rajpoot