LAHORE: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday termed former president Asif Ali Zardari’s remarks about PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif “unfortunate”.
Taking to Twitter, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president said that “Mian Sahib’s unwavering commitment to Pakistan has always been unquestionable. Zardari sb knows the conditions in which MNS had to go abroad.”
Zardari Sahib’s statement about Mian Nawaz Sharif is unfortunate. Mian Sahib’s unwavering commitment to Pakistan has always been unquestionable. Zardari sb. knows the conditions in which MNS had to go abroad. We should refrain from such remarks & work for greater good of country.
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) December 9, 2021
The Opposition leader also urged that political leaders should refrain from such statements and work for the greater good of the country.
Shehbaz Sharif’s statement came after Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Zardari had warned that some foreign elements were conspiring to disintegrate Pakistan.
“The world wants to break Pakistan,” Zardari said during a ceremony, assuring the workers that the PPP would fight against everybody for the sake of the country.
“We want to make Pakistan a successful country for generations to come,” he said, adding that a person who was not ready to breathe his last in Pakistan does not have a stake in the decision of the country. “We belong to this land and we will die here,” he reiterated.
‘PML-N wins back NA-133 seat’
On December 6, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) sailed through the NA-133 by-election, which was hotly contested by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) while a PTI candidate was knocked out on technical ground, unofficial results show.
According to unofficial results, PML-N’s Shaista Pervaiz Malik bagged 46,811 votes while PPP’s Chaudhry Aslam Gill could secure 32,313 ballots in a race that remained largely peaceful, except a couple of minor clashes between activists of the two major rivals.
However, the voter turnout remained 18.59 per cent as out of total 440,845 voters, only 80,022 used their rights to franchise. At least 898 votes were rejected.
