SHEIKHUPURA
\nJaved Latif \u2013 a diehard PML-N leader \u2013 on Sunday said they had neither formed any alliance nor would go for seat adjustment with any other party in Punjab \u2013 a statement which follows reports of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) finalising a long list of constituencies to get three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif\u2019s endorsement.
\nAddressing a ceremony in his hometown, Latif said the PML-N hadn\u2019t enjoyed a level-playing field \u2013 a term which is part of political debate nowadays because of the PTI\u2019s narrative \u2013 so far and added that the party supremo was getting justice at a snail\u2019s pace.
\nAnyone creating doubts about general elections wasn\u2019t sincere to Pakistan, he remarked and stressed that Nawaz was the last ray of hope for the people of Pakistan. He said every party deserved level-playing field, but not the one attacking sensitive installations. \u201cThe party targeting sensitive installations is a terrorist [group], not political [entity].\u201d
\n\u201cWe do not take the assertions made by Bilawal [Bhutto Zardari] seriously,\u201d said Latif, who is considered a close aide of Nawaz and believed to be regularly explaining his viewpoint on different issues.
\nWhy they should take Bilawal\u2019s statements when even his father [Asif Ali Zardari] didn\u2019t do so, he remarked \u2013 a reference to the interview in which the former president had told a private TV channel that his son [the PPP chairman] was inexperienced.
\nThese remarks were in complete contrast to the speeches delivered by Bilawal who has been presenting himself as a prime minister material. \u201cWe will reply when Mr Zardari speaks up,\u201d he told the gathering, adding that Zardari was used to refute Bilawal regularly.
\nHe also advised the PPP to contest elections on the basis of its performance and said it destroyed Sindh during the 15-year-long rule in the province. Despite Bilawal mocking Nawaz for his age and the goal to enter the Prime Minister\u2019s House for fourth time, the Sharif brothers as well as Maryam Nawaz hasn\u2019t responded to his daily provocations, strengthening an impression that the PPP isn\u2019t in the contest.
\nAlthough Bilawal was initially promising to form government in Punjab and thus at the Centre as well, but the formation of IPP ruined its plans as the PTI defectors didn\u2019t join the PPP.
\nIn fact, the electables have been rushing towards the PML-N \u2013 a scenario that didn\u2019t suit the PPP which was banking on electables after losing popular support thanks to the poor performance during its 2008-13 tenure.
\nInstead, it is the PML-N which eyes a share at national and provincial legislatures from Sindh, especially Karachi, after developing an electoral and long-term issue-based understanding with the MQM-P.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SHEIKHUPURA Javed Latif \u2013 a diehard PML-N leader \u2013 on Sunday said they had neither formed any alliance nor would go for seat adjustment with any other party in Punjab \u2013 a statement which follows reports of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) finalising a long list of constituencies to get three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif\u2019s endorsement. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7038],"class_list":{"0":"post-373579","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-javed-latif"},"yoast_head":"\n