‘Nawaz didn’t oust you as you shot yourself in foot’, Maryam tells Imran

NANKANA SAHIB (INP): As political parties continue their election campaigns ahead of the February 8 polls, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Senior Vice-President Maryam Nawaz fired a broadside at political opponents, saying they are themselves responsible for self-sabotage as her father Nawaz Sharif didn’t oust anyone via conspiracy.

Addressing a political gathering in Punjab’s Nanaka Sahib, Maryam addressed various allegations hurled against her party and its supremo accusing them of conspiring against the then Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.

“Nawaz didn’t oust you as you shot yourself in the foot […] You yourself are responsible for destroying your party,” Maryam said.

Both PTI along PML-N’s former ally Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have been complaining of the lack of a level playing field coupled with preferential treatment being given to the Nawaz-led party.

The verbal showdown between the latter two has increased in recent days as PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is currently leading the party’s election campaign with fiery speeches, often taking a jibe at the PML-N.

Speaking today at the rally, Maryam also addressed the allegations against party supremo Nawaz of being a ladla (blue-eyed boy) and said, “It is said that Nawaz is a ladla, yes, but he is a ladla of the masses”.