‘We’re fighting against aliens’

SADIQABAD: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that he was competing with aliens (khalaee makhlooq), not Imran Khan and Asif Ali Zardari.

Addressing a public gathering here, he said: "Imran Khan sahib, I don't have any competition with you," adding that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was nothing in front of him. Addressing the Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman, he said "Zardari sahib, Nawaz Sharif does not have a competition with you as well."

Addressing the participants, he said it appeared as if Sadiqabad had been awakening today, the heart of south Punjab had been awakening. He said the next 70 years in the country would not be like the past 70 years. "I served the people, rid them of darkness, eradicated terrorism and made motorways," he said. "But I was disqualified only because of not receiving salary from [my] son." The former premier said the next 70 years would be the years of Pakistan's prosperity, which would bring employment for the poor.

Nawaz Sharif urged the masses to consider the 2018 general elections as referendum, adding that if he again formed a government then the poor people would be issued health cards. "Home for everyone will be our manifesto," Nawaz said, adding that Pakistan could be made the Asian Tiger in the next 10 years.

Speaking on the occasion, Maryam Nawaz said the rally in Sadiqabad also had crowd from the same city, but the leader of the entire Pakistan. She said "political turncoats" would not succeed this time. Hailing Kh Asif for his loyalty, she said: "People hold Kh Asif in high esteem for he is a loyal person." She said the entire city turned up to welcome Kh Asif after he was disqualified. She said the ones deserting the party would meet such an end that they would think 10 times before jumping the ship.