Will struggle for change inside and outside parliament, say PML-N leaders

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leaders said on Tuesday that they will strive for change along with the other parties outside and inside the parliament.

The PML-N leaders were addressing a press conference, where party leaders spoke in light of the accountability court’s verdict which came on Monday. The court sentenced former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to seven years in prison in Al-Azizia Steel mills reference and acquitted in flagship investment case.

PML-N’s Rana Sanaullah said that the public will hear get good news soon.

Party leader Ahsan Iqbal said: “Selected prime minister is carrying out selected accountability… Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf will have the same end as PML-Q and Convention League.”

He said that in the verdict the extent of corruption wasn’t mentioned.

“Earlier Nawaz was dismissed over not taking salary from his son now they have sentenced him for taking it,” said the PML-N leader.

Earlier, Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was shifted to Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat prison from Adiala jail, Rawalpindi. A large number of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers gathered outside Adiala Jail to greet their leader, who happens to be celebrating his 69th birthday today.

In a short verdict announced a day ago, the court said there was concrete evidence against the former premier in the Al-Azizia reference, and that he was unable to provide a money trail in the case.