Calling elected PM as God Father an insult to people: Marriyum

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Thursday that calling a prime minister, who was elected by millions of people, as God Father and Sicilian Mafia was also an insult to an elected government and the people.

While talking to a private TV channel, she said that the affected parties had the right to criticise the court decisions, says a press release.

Responding to a question, she said that an elected prime minister had been sent home on the basis of ‘Iqama’ but that verdict had not been accepted by the people of Pakistan and even the civil society had also disapproved it.

She said that Imran Khan attacked Parliament, ridiculed the judiciary and abused the state institutions but nobody had taken any notice of it. She said that for the last a few days, the self-styled spokesmen had been propagating that the leadership of PML-N would be convicted and sent to jail. She posed a question as to who had appointed them as spokesmen that they were making predictions before the verdict of the court. The minister said that Musharraf also denigrated the judiciary adding who would decide about that.

She said that Maryam Nawaz whose media trial was being conducted for the last one year was also a daughter of somebody.

The minister said that Nawaz Sharif had announced name of Shahbaz Sharif as a prospective candidate for premiership on merit as he was loved by the masses. Marriyum said that Shahbaz Sharif was a laudable example for other provinces and their people also wanted a chief minister like him. She said that there was an exemplary bond of respect between the two brothers and Shahbaz Sharif invariably participated in all the meetings of the party besides being involved in devising strategy of the party.

Referring to the conviction of Nehal Hashmi the minister said that the party had already taken action against him by de-seating him adding that he had tendered an apology but even then he had been punished.

Marriyum said that in the 2018 elections the PML-N would go to the court of the masses and once again would emerge triumphant as no other power or authority could compete with the power of the people.

Replying to yet another question the minister claimed that the masses had spurned the politics of sit-ins as was evident from their non-participation in the Lahore rally. The minister observed, “Now the politics will be done on the basis of performance and service to the people.”