Ahead of elections, Maryam Nawaz returns to Pakistan after 4-month UK keep

Ahead of meeting elections in Pakistan’s Punjab province, PML-N chief Maryam Nawaz has returned to Pakistan after her go to to London. PML-N supremo Nawaz has authorised Maryam Nawaz to steer rallies and maintain conferences forward of the elections.

Maryam Nawaz, daughter of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and chief of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N) political social gathering (Photo: Reuters/File)

By India Today Web Desk: Senior Vice President of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) social gathering Maryam Nawaz returned to Pakistan on Saturday after her four-month keep within the UK. She had flown to London to fulfill her father and former premier Nawaz Sharif. Maryam Nawaz, who can also be PML-N’s chief organiser, has been tasked to steer her social gathering within the upcoming meeting elections in Punjab province.

As quickly as she landed at Allama Iqbal International Airport, she tweeted, “Love live Pakistan”. PML-N staff turned up in massive numbers on the airport to obtain their chief.

In an handle in Lahore to social gathering staff, Maryam, 49, mentioned her father would quickly return to Pakistan.

Nawaz Sharif has requested Maryam to steer rallies and conferences in Punjab forward of the upcoming elections, alongside Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah. The newly appointed chief organiser has been tasked with “reorganising” the social gathering construction, Geo TV reported.

Elections in Punjab are due in 90 days below the Constitution after ex-premier Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) social gathering dissolved the Punjab Assembly a few weeks in the past.

‘TIME HAS COME FOR IMRAN KHAN TO CRY’

During her handle, Maryam Nawaz hit out at former PM Imran Khan and mentioned the time has come for him to cry and asserted that the PTI chief won’t ever return to energy.

“All the characters who hatched a conspiracy against Nawaz have to pay the price for their actions,” the PML-N senior vice chairman mentioned, in a dig at Imran Khan.

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She additionally blamed the PTI chief for the financial disaster of the nation and urged individuals to think about the federal coalition led by PML-N to steer the nation out of crises.

Maryam exuded confidence that her social gathering would emerge victorious within the upcoming Punjab elections and kind the federal government.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission of Pakistan has reached out to authorities in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, proposing to them dates for the elections, The Dawn reported. It urged elections be held between April 9 and 13 in Punjab, and in KP between April 15 and 17, the report mentioned.

MARYAM TO SUCCEED TO SHEHBAZ?

Maryam is prone to have a extra vital position within the political happenings of the nation after her appointment because the PML-N’s chief organiser. Her rise within the social gathering is a transparent message from Nawaz Sharif to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that she would succeed him, a PML-N chief from Punjab advised the Dawn newspaper.

“Eventually, Maryam will head the party as this is the wish of the supreme leader of PML-N (Nawaz). The new positions, especially that of chief organiser, have already empowered her to run the affairs of the party according to her wishes.

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“The influence of Shehbaz Sharif and his son, Hamza Shehbaz, in party matters will diminish in the days to come. She will be the ultimate ‘boss’ in the party,” the report quoted him as saying.

Maryam left Pakistan for London in October final yr after she was acquitted in a corruption case. At the time, she had mentioned she was “eager” to see her father Nawaz, whom she hadn’t met since 2019.

(With company inputs)

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Jan 29, 2023