Islamabad
\nPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday urged Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif to return to Pakistan to lead the election campaign of the party and become the prime minister for the fourth time.
\nPM Shehbaz made the appeal during a central general council meeting of the party where the premier was re-elected as the president of the PML-N.
\nAddressing the meeting, the premier said that he was waiting for his elder brother \u2014 who has been in self-imposed exile in London since November 2019 owing to health reasons \u2014 to return to Pakistan and then hold the party meeting so he could hand over the PML-N\u2019s presidentship back to him.
\n\u201cThe election commission\u2019s sword was hanging which is why this meeting was held,\u201d the prime minister added.
\nPremier Shehbaz was given the PML-N\u2019s presidency after his predecessor \u2014 Nawaz, the three-time prime minister \u2014 was disqualified by the Supreme Court and barred from holding any party office.
\nHe also said that the PML-N needed young leadership, and commended Maryam for her hard work.
\n\u201cYou will see that the map of politics will change when Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan,\u201d PM Shehbaz said.
\nComing to his governance, he once again reminded the workers that his government took charge at a time when they did not get roses but thorns.
\n\u201cInflation has broken the back of the people, oil prices were touching the sky. The coalition government decided together that we would face the tough times,\u201d he said, adding that in the upcoming budget, the government increased the salaries of employees and pensions.
\n\u201cWe have still locked horns with the IMF [and] Pakistan will continue on the path of development,\u201d the premier further said.
\nOn the criticism of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, PM Shehbaz said that those people within the party pulling his leg have no right to remain part of the PML-N.
\nBefore the PM\u2019s address, PML-N Senior Vice-President Maryam lauded the workers that stood with the party in its difficult times. \u201cThe party is standing today because the workers stood by the party during its difficult times.\u201d
\nShe also lauded PM Shehbaz for running the current government along with coalition partners.
\n\u201cBe it a big or small decision, Shehbaz Sharif did not do anything without Nawaz Sharif\u2019s approval,\u201d Maryam told the party workers. She also shared that her father, Nawaz, asks her to talk politely if she gets emotional during her speeches.
\n\u201cNawaz Sharif never asked anyone to put on fire anything. Nawaz Sharif and PML-N faced a lot of difficulties but never cried about them,\u201d she added.
\nMeanwhile, the meeting also passed a resolution against the violence that took place on May 9 after the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan. The convention also unanimously passed a resolution in solidarity with the Kashmiri people.
\nThe political huddle also called for severe punishment of those who tried to create divisions in national institutions. The characters who conspired to create a rift between the people and the army should be punished, it added.
\nApart from the election of PM Shehbaz as the president, the convention also backed the appointment of Ahsan Iqbal as the secretary general of the party, Maryam as chief organiser and senior vice president, Ishaq Dar as president PML-N overseas, Marriyum Aurangzeb as secretary information and Ataullah Tarar as deputy secretary general.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday urged Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif to return to Pakistan to lead the election campaign of the party and become the prime minister for the fourth time. PM Shehbaz made the appeal during a central general council meeting of the party where the premier was re-elected […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-338160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n