Overwhelmed by public’s response during Lahore-Sahiwal rally: Shehbaz

–PML-N president criticises PPP for ‘ruining’ Karachi

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and ex-Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said that he was overwhelmed by the response of the people during his electioneering rally from Lahore to Sahiwal.

Taking to Twitter in a bid to express gratitude, Shehbaz said the love and affection with which people welcomed his rally, made him “feel that they owned the PML-N and it was like every place between the two cities was not only the hub but home of his party”.

“The way youth surrounded my vehicle everywhere and expressed their sentiment is un-state able,” Shehbaz stated.

He also shared the picture of a young boy who tried to take pictures of the PML-N rally while riding his bicycle, and wrote, “I saw him taking my picture in Okara when he found out that I was passing by. Look at the excitement and determination on his face. It is young children like him who are the future of this country and who we owe a more peaceful and prosperous Pakistan.”

Earlier at the PML-N Workers’ Convention in Sahiwal, Shehbaz said that he had selflessly served the masses during his five-year tenure in Punjab.

“Every time I visited you… I was here to give something. But now, it is your turn,” he said, adding that the PML-N-led government had rid the country of the menaces of load shedding and terrorism.

Training guns at his opponents, he said that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), on the other hand, had ruined Karachi.

“People of Sindh, during my visit to Karachi, told me that Asif Ali Zardari had done nothing. Trust me when I say that the transport system in Punjab’s Toba Tek Singh is better than the one that is operational in Karachi,” he said.

He also thanked the people of Sahiwal for their overwhelming welcome.