TLTP
LAHORE
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) appointed former Sindh governor Mohammad Zubair as spokesperson of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz on Monday. Addressing a press conference, Zubair criticised Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying that the Premier had resorted to personal attacks against Nawaz in a recent interview. The former Sindh governor said that it was unfortunate how the government is labelling others as ‘traitors’. “We [the PML-N] never distributed certificates of patriotism,” he said.
He spoke about allegations levelled by that Nawaz had met three Indians in secret. “Mian Nawaz Sharif does not need three Indians,” Zubair said. “Mian Nawaz Sharif has the strength of 220 million Pakistanis with him.”
The PML-N leader said that it would make sense for a person to seek India’s help if the circumstances are not favourable for him in Pakistan. However, he cited an IPSOS survey, saying that most people in the country did not think Pakistan was headed in the right direction.
Zubair said, “Maryam Nawaz is an unarmed girl. Sheikh Rashid has been doing politics for the past 50 years and all he does is issuing threats every day.”
Zubair said that the government is not addressing the issues of the public rather, it is fixated on trading barbs with the opposition.
He praised Nawaz’s speeches that he made at the opposition’s multi-party conference and later, at the PML-N’s CEC and CWC meetings. Zubair said that there were few instances when a leader had spoken with such clarity as Nawaz had in these instances.
Zubair challenged the government to do politics instead of resorting to underhanded tactics against the PML-N. He said that various attempts had been made in the past to break up the party but they had failed.
“There is only one narrative in the party and that is the narrative of Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif,” he said.
