ISLAMABAD: The PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz said Monday the country would soon witness a change as the institutions would follow former prime minister and her party’s supremo Nawaz Sharif’s narrative.
Maryam, while addressing an election rally in Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s Leepa, said: “Your enthusiasm is telling me that the lion will rule once again in Kashmir. Imran Khan should not come to the region and waste his time, as the region has already announced its verdict.”
The PMLN leader said Maryam and Nawaz Sharif could not sit idle if injustice is being done to the people of AJK. “I saw young soldiers of the Pakistan Army almost everywhere in the Neelum Valley. I greeted them, and they saluted me. They are stationed far away from their homes to protect us,” she said. “The salaries of soldiers had increased during Nawaz’s tenure, and they will not move up in PM Imran’s regime; even Nawaz’s enemies acknowledge his patriotism,” the PMLN leader said. Maryam said that her father is a patriotic Pakistani and his criticism should not be considered against institutions but rather against certain people. She said that a few individuals created propaganda against the former premier. However, his only crime is refusing to talk about the well-being of the masses.
Maryam said the PTI-led government had put Pakistan’s progress in “reverse gear” and asked whether he wanted to do the same in Kashmir as well. “Do you want to form your government over here to snatch wheat and sugar from the people of Kashmir? Will you make them stand in queues (for basic necessities?)” she asked.
The PMLN leader alleged that the PTI government was spending money to buy votes ahead of polls in AJK. She said if the government attempted to rig elections in AJK, Raja Farooq Haider and PMLN would stage a sit-in in Islamabad.
Maryam Nawaz alleged that Prime Minister Imran Khan, who used Pakistan’s resources ruthlessly in Azad Kashmir elections, was caught red-handed distributing money. “I am indebted to the people for not only voting for the lion but also for guarding their mandate,” she added. She also urged Kashmiris to change the perception that parties ruling in the centre always emerge victorious in the AJK elections because they provide financial aid to the region.
Maryam said that the NAB could not prove the allegations against Nawaz Sharif.She claimed that PM Imran “used all state resources but still could not prove charges against Nawaz”. She said court verdicts attest to the truth that no corruption charges against Nawaz Sharif, Shehbaz Sharif, Hamza Shehbaz, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi or Khawaja Saad Rafique were proven.
“A tunnel is needed in Leepa Valley, It will definitely be built by the Nawaz Sharif government,” she added.
Reacting to Maryam’s speech, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill said propaganda of PMLN would not work in Azad Kashmir this time.
He said the PMLN’s forgery expert (Maryam Safdar) was selected for election campaign in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).
“She resorted to lies instead of telling the worst performance of PMLN in Kashmir,” the SAPM said, adding, instead of going there and taking photoshop photos, it’s better to inform Kashmiris about her party’s incompetence. Incompetent people were ruling Kashmir for the last five years, he added.
“Instead of fighting the Kashmir case, those who developed personal relations with Sajjan Jindal today disguised themselves as fake Kashmiris to seek votes,” he said.
“In past disqualified PML-N leader developed ties with India, instead of supporting Kashmir cause,” Gill said, adding that on the other hand Prime Minister Imran Khan fought the Kashmir case aggressively and effectively.
