ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz has asserted that reconciliation with the current government was not on the agenda and should not even be discussed.
Speaking to journalists outside the Islamabad High Court (IHC), Maryam Nawaz referred to Shehbaz Sharif’s statement on the national government, saying that, PML-N had spoken of national reconciliation, not of government.
She further said other political parties should think about how to take the country forward. The PML- N leader said an ‘illegitimate and incompetent’ government had been imposed on the people.
“Never in the history of the country has there been such an incompetent government,” she maintained, adding, “The government’s performance is a story of destruction as there is lawlessness in Pakistan.”
Maryam also urged the people to ‘get rid’ of the incumbent government and lamented that the current process of accountability is revenge ‘by the current government’. “Nawaz Sharif will return to the country when the PML-N feels that Nawaz Sharif should return and will lead the party,” she added.
Regarding the marriage of her son Junaid Safdar, Maryam said that she has only one son for whom she did not seek permission from the government to go abroad to attend the marriage ceremony.
IHC Avenfield proceedings
The IHC expressed its displeasure over the late arrival of Maryam for court proceedings. The court was hearing the appeal against the Avenfield reference decision.
A two-member bench of the IHC headed by Justice Amir Farooq heard the appeals of Maryam and her husband Capt. (Retd) Safdar.
The court remarked that earlier it was not listening to the NAB’s plea to dismiss the bail please, but now it was. “Why dismiss the bail of someone who does not know how to come to the court and what its sanctity is?” the court asked. The court adjourned proceedings of the case till September 8.
