ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah has said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) would win by-elections on more than 16 seats of the Punjab Assembly.
Rana Sanaullah said that PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz would lead the election campaign of the party s candidates. The minister said the PML-N was not afraid of anyone as the current government led by it was a coalition one, which was taking decisions with consensus.
Rana Sana said Aslam Bhootani had spoken in the National Assembly in the context of budget. Such speeches in the parliament were a routine matter, he added. The minister said Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz enjoys the confidence of majority in the Punjab Assembly.
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The by-elections in Punjab on July 17 could be a litmus test for both the PTI and the ruling-PML-N to bag Pakistan’s most populous and politically important province.
Imran Khan’s PTI lost its razor-thin majority in the Punjab Assembly in April, after 25 of its lawmakers sided with its rival, the PML-N, in the election for chief minister.
In next month’s by-polls, the PTI is hoping to claw back to power in the province.
