MARDAN: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday lashed out at Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying that he was not qualified to run the country’s affairs and was busy playing “musical chairs” with the federal cabinet.
Addressing the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) rally in Mardan, the PML-N leader accused the government of not having a qualified team to manage the nation’s affairs.
“He used to say before becoming prime minister that he has a team of 200 professionals. Where is your team now? When you know that you were not qualified to be prime minister, why were you in such a hurry to wear the sherwani?” asked Maryam Nawaz, taunting the prime minister.
Maryam Nawaz referred to the prime minister’s comments from a day earlier where he had urged his ministers to improve their performance. He said a new government should never come to power without doing its homework and without getting briefings.
“You were not prepared to run the country but were prepared to rob the country of Rs122bn in the LNG scam,” she said. “You were not prepared to give the youth 10 million jobs but were prepared to give your friends lucrative jobs,” she added.
During the rally, Maryam said that coronavirus patients had died at Khyber Teaching Hospital after there was a delay in procuring oxygen cylinders.
She said the prime minister claims that he is not afraid of the PDM and will now bow before it. “Whether your government is prepared to run the affairs of the country or not, the people of Mardan have decided that they will not rest till you are sent home,” she said.
Earlier, the PML-N vice president arrived in Mardan, leading a huge convoy of supporters as the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) stages another anti-government rally in the city.
Maryam Nawaz kept tweeting pictures of hundreds of supporters, chanting slogans and showering rose petals on her car as she led them from Islamabad to Mardan. The government has dismissed the PDM’s march and alleged that opposition leaders are rallying together to seek relief from corruption cases.
