{"id":358708,"date":"2023-09-28T05:24:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T00:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=358708"},"modified":"2023-09-28T05:24:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T00:24:04","slug":"rana-sana-questions-whether-those-behind-may-9-events-be-spared-merely-for-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/rana-sana-questions-whether-those-behind-may-9-events-be-spared-merely-for-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Rana Sana questions whether those behind May 9 events be spared merely for elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE<br \/>\nRana Sanaullah \u2013 a senior PML-N leader who is also the president of party\u2019s chapter \u2013 on Wednesday said they were against targeting political parties, but questioned whether any party or leader involved in violence should be spared only because that person was to participate in elections.<br \/>\nIn a statement, Rana shared his principled stance that no political party and leader should be targeted before and after elections. \u201cWe are against targeting the political parties. But if a party or leader attacks national security, disrespect the martyrs\u2019 statues, then should no case [legal process] be initiated against him because he is to participate in election?\u201d he explained his point of view with obvious reference to the PTI in connection with the May 9 events.<br \/>\n\u201cWhere was Nawaz Sharif when elections were held on July 25, 2018?\u201d he remarked and recalled that the then prime minister was disqualified over Iqama and the PML-N\u2019s Senate candidates for having dual nationality. \u201cEverything is on record.\u201d<br \/>\nRana said PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif would arrive in Lahore on October 21 and later reach Minar-e-Pakistan for addressing a rally, thus launching his party\u2019s election campaign.<br \/>\nHe noted that all the cases in which Nawaz had been nominated were bogus, adding that the current state of affairs in Pakistan was a product of the conspiracy hatched against the former prime minister.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE Rana Sanaullah \u2013 a senior PML-N leader who is also the president of party\u2019s chapter \u2013 on Wednesday said they were against targeting political parties, but questioned whether any party or leader involved in violence should be spared only because that person was to participate in elections. 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