Nawaz has not left his workers alone, he first took all hits: Maryam Nawaz

LAHORE (92 News) - PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz said that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has not left his workers alone, he first took all the hits, and now it is our time, adding that others put their party workers first and hide in containers.

Addressing a convention on Thursday of PML-N's parliamentarians and ticket holders, the PML-N vice president mentioned that Nawaz Sharif faced one heart attack in Adiala prison and second in custody of National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

Maryam Nawaz further said that thePML-N quid left for abroad after deteriorating his health. "Nawaz Sharif gave her daughter to place in the first row of the workers. No one has not courage to make accountable Prime Minister Imran Khan," she added.

"Pakistan's problems would be solved through the party slogan "vote ko izzat do" [give respect to vote]. 'Vote ko izzat do' has always been Nawaz Sharif's narrative and that he was fighting for the nation's rights. The parliamentarians present here are witness to the fact that the sanctity of the vote that has been violated," Maryam Nawaz said.

"The rigging of the [2018 general elections] had begun three months prior [...] the vote was not respected, and the requirement for bringing people into power was only that they obey orders," she said.

Maryam said that when such people come into power, then inflation surges, the law and order situation worsens, and the rights of the people are violated.

"When [Nawaz] fights for the people's rights and demands that there should be the rule of law then he is nominated in treason cases," she said, adding: "What kind of traitor does six nuclear tests in response to five nuclear tests."

The PML-N vice-president said that Nawaz had "strengthened" Pakistan's defence systems and that he had made motorways on which fighter jets could land and take off. She said that despite the economic crisis in Pakistan, he initiated operations to curtail terrorism in the country.

"When Nawaz came into power, the loadshedding would take place for 20 hours in the country. He [almost] finished it," she said.