Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif will visit Garhi Khuda Bux to pray at the grave of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto during his tour to interior Sindh after Yom-e-Ashur. A spokesman for the Sharifs told Pakistan Today on Monday that the party would start a mass contact campaign in Sindh from December 8 and senior party leaders, including Nawaz Sharif, would join the campaign.
Nawaz is likely to address a public gathering in Larkana on December 10, for which Sindh National Front (SNF) leader Sardar Mumtaz Bhutto extended an invitation to the PML-N chief.
The spokesman said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s statements meant nothing as the Sharif family’s assets had already been declared and they were ready to defend their position in any court. The spokesman added that some politicians were trying to score points over the assets issue.
Meanwhile, the PML-N has started considering options after the announcement of President Zardari’s address to parliament, including boycott and protest. PML-N leaders are of the view that the government is trying to create a new issue in order to divert attention from the memo scandal.
They said the PML-N would finalise its decision of boycott or protest in a parliamentary party meeting ahead of president’s speech to parliament.
Sources within the party told this scribe that a majority was of the view that the PML-N should not give a free hand to the government by boycotting the joint session.
Nawaz to visit Benazir’s grave after Ashura
