Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice-President and Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz has defended the dynastic politics and came down hard on those censuring her recent promotion.
“A lot of people are furious over dynastic [politics]. The nation’s love is not called a dynasty, it is a democracy,” she said while addressing a charged crowd of supporters during the PML-N workers’ convention in Punjab’s Bahawalpur city on Wednesday.
The PML-N stalwart’s remarks on “dynastic politics” came following party leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s resignation from the senior vice-president post earlier today. The development was confirmed by Mohammad Zubair, spokesperson for Nawaz Sharif.
“He [Abbasi] is a big leader and quitting the post will have no effect on him,” Zubair, who also served as Sindh governor, told the media.
Speaking on her newly-designated positions in the party, the PML-N vice-president said that the party titles have recently been given and she “cherishes her supporters’ love more than the designations” granted to her.
“A lot is being said about my position [in the party]. I am standing by you without the position and you stood by me too. I salute the people of Bahawalpur for supporting us during our testing times,” she said, deeming her supporters as her biggest strength after Allah.
During her address, Maryam also expressed grief over the Peshawar Police Lines blast, praying for the lost lives and a peaceful Pakistan. The suicide bombing at a mosque on Monday claimed over 100 lives and injured more than 220 people.
She later conveyed Nawaz Sharif’s regards to the people of Bahawalpur, a key city in Punjab. “Nawaz Sharif asked me to begin the political campaign from Bahawalpur.”
Censuring Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for concocting lies about the PML-N, Maryam said she will reveal the truths that the people of Pakistan must know.
“We should be thankful that Pakistan survived after returning from the edge of destruction, given where it came to in the last four years. They had made a 12-year plan [to rule]. Imagine what would have happened had they continued ruling for 12 years,” Maryam said while commenting on the deteriorated economic state of the country due to the PTI chief Imran Khan-led government from 2018 April 2022.
The PML-N leader shared that she’s aware about inflation in Pakistan and feels the pain of the nation. “Nawaz Sharif is worried in London over inflation in the country,” she said.
