Maryam slams opponents for hatching conspiracies

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Maryam Nawaz on Sunday slammed political opponents for hatching conspiracies. 

"You are not capable of removing Nawaz Sharif," she told her political opponents while addressing a rally in Lahore’s NA-120 constituency. "You are nothing but a defeated pawn."

She also reiterated that Nawaz Sharif is the leader who worked towards ending power and gas load shedding, building motorways, improving infrastructure and implementing projects under China Pakistan Economic Corridor. 

On the other hand, "our political opponents just want to point figures and hatch conspiracies," she said. 

"Everyone will hear the lion roar on September 17," she said. 

Earlier, while addressing a workers' gathering, she had said that the nation will raise its voice regarding injustices against its leader [Nawaz Sharif] on September 17. 

“On September 17, the people will vote for the lion [PML-N’s electoral symbol],” she remarked, adding that the lion will roar on the day of the by-election.

Maryam is spearheading the NA-120 campaign while her mother and PML-N candidate for the by-poll, Kulsoom Nawaz, undergoes treatment for lymphoma in London.

They couldn't tolerate Nawaz's popularity, says Maryam

Former PM's daughter holds meeting on NA-120 by-election; to visit constituency later in the day

By-election on the seat left vacant after Sharif’s disqualification by the Supreme Court on July 28, will be held on September 17. A total of 44 candidates will contest the NA-120 by-poll.

Earlier in the day, Maryam had said that when a leader becomes popular then an "Iqama-type" decision is delivered against him while referring to her father's disqualification by the Supreme Court on July 28.

The former prime minister's daughter made the comments while meeting a delegation of lawyers in Model Town, where she chairs meetings related to the NA-120 by-election.

During the meeting, Maryam was accompanied by Senator Pervaiz Rasheed, State Interior Minister Talal Chaudhry and party leader Maiza Hameed.

"If the allegations [against Nawaz] had any truth, then they should have been proved, what was the need for an Iqama," she said, referring to Nawaz's disqualification due to the holding of a work permit for UAE.