LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said his party was contesting the upcoming election on the basis of its performance during the past 10 years.
“Our politics is based on performance and not on sit-ins, blockades, abuses, and allegations,” the former Punjab chief minister remarked while giving an interview to a private channel, taking a jibe at PML-N’s rival Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Shehbaz said that their party was contesting against all political forces and PTI was one of them.
Talking about Kulsoom Nawaz, he described her condition as critical and said she was still on the ventilator. Shehbaz brushed aside the rumours of any differences between him and Nawaz Sharif. “Nawaz Sharif is in London look after his ailing wife, he will return soon after she recovers,” he said.
On PML-N’s tenure, Shehbaz mentioned that they reduced the shortfall of electricity and started mega power projects. “We have been able to defy terrorism due to our partnership with the military,” he added.
He was of the view that the sit-ins by their political rivals badly affected the economic development of the country.
Answering a question, Shehbaz said he did not believe in appeasing the ‘institutions’. “Our narrative is to gain respect through performance and not through appeasement,” he said, adding that PML-N was contesting to gain respect for vote and voters.
The PML-N president criticised what he termed “selective accountability” by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Going a step further, talking about the judiciary, Shehbaz stopped short of criticising their decision and instead expressed his concerns about them.
