Islamabad: The scion of the Sharif family’s political dynasty Maryam Nawaz on Sunday said without naming former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, the people knew who brought inflation and took the country’s economy to the brink of disaster.
During an informal interaction with journalists, she said “Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s focus is on good governance.” At the same time, she said the coalition government could not turn a blind eye to rising inflation.
Responding to a question, she said that PML-N would hold public rallies near the upcoming elections. “The entire programme of the Tanzeemi (organising) Convention was arranged by Nawaz Sharif himself.”
Maryam said that the PML-N’s social media wing was working on a voluntary basis. “We find it difficult to repeat even true accusation,” she added.
The PTI, she said, recruited keyboard warriors on the government’s expenditure. She added that their competition was with very rude people.
Maryam also announced that her “party is setting up its own IT wing” to counter the propaganda of their opponents.
Maryam Nawaz has claimed that she is not interested in becoming the prime minister or the chief minister after the upcoming general elections in the country.
‘Regarding Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the PML-N leader called him her “elder brother”, saying that he was not angry with the party — as it was well in the debate why Abbasi resigned from the party’s key post soon after Maryam’s election as the party’s senior vice-president and chief organiser’s posts.
Abbasi wanted to bring the youth forward in the party, she added.
The PML-N leader also said that she wanted to work under the supervision of her seniors.
The PML-N leader said that strengthening her party across the country, including in Karachi and Sindh “is her mission”.
“One of the objectives of her visits is to find the best candidates for the next elections,” she further said.
The PML-N senior vice-president also avoided commenting on the recent ‘controversial’ statement by her husband — Captain (retd) Safdar — saying that it was his “personal opinion”.
She went on to say that PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif would be among them soon — the three-time prime minister has been in self-imposed exile in London since 2019 due to health reasons.
“Nawaz Sharif does politics of principles and pays the price for it,” she added.
