Maryam Nawaz terms Punjab by-polls ‘War for development of Punjab’

MULTAN: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Friday termed the Punjab by-polls as the war for the development of the province, adding that the opponents who dreaming about four seats of Lahore in by-polls would be frustrated as the city has always stood behind Nawaz Sharif.

PML-N vice president said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has provided relief to the people by reducing the prices of petroleum products. She was addressing a political gathering in Multan.

Maryam Nawaz thanked the people of Multan for participating in the public gatherings, saying that the government will pay off the people’s debt by serving them. The PML-N leader expressed hope that the lion would roar in Multan on July 17 by-elections.

“The government has successfully removed the landmines laid by Imran Khan-led regime,” she said, adding that the difficult time has finally over and the government will announce ‘good news’ for the people of Pakistan in the coming days.

She said that PTI’s Punjab chief minister Usman Buzdar cannot be seen in the public rallies of PTI because he did nothing for the province.

Maryam Nawaz said that now as the PML-N has come into power in Punjab, they would set the record for developments in Lahore, like the past.

She added that Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz got the city’s roads and streets cleaned within 24 hours after Eidul Azha.

The PML-N leader jibed that Imran Khan would come to Lahore today and ask for votes for Pervaiz Elahi – the man he once termed as the biggest ‘dacoit’ of the province.

Criticizing Imran Khan, she said that the former premier was roaming in Punjab while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has been flooded after monsoon rains.  “Where is the promise of making South Punjab a separate province?” she asked.

She said that the ex-premier did not provide any evidence to the Supreme Court of the so-called conspiracy against his government. The PML-N leader said the courts threw out every case against the PML-N leadership but on contrary, new corruption case has surfaced against Imran Khan.

Maryam Nawaz said that the former prime minister calls the incumbent government the ‘imported government’ but more than half of his own federal cabinet comprised of people who were imported.

She said that Imran Khan could foresee his defeat in the by polls, and therefore he insistently keeps repeating about rigging.