Economy in tatters due to minus-Nawaz attempts: Maryam

PESHAWAR: Senior Vice President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Maryam Nawaz has said that the prevailing economic crunch and stuck development process was due to conspiracies against ex-PM Mian Nawaz Sharif to minus him from country’s politics.

Addressing a gathering of PML-N workers in Peshawar on Saturday, she said, “Those who wanted to minus Nawaz Sharif have themselves vanished from screen.”

Maryam Nawaz confirmed that the former premier, who has been staying in London for his treatment since long, would return to Pakistan on October 21, saying the days of distress were about to over for masses.

She said Nawaz Sharif wanted to usher in a new era of development in country and rid the public from inflation. She added that her father resolutely faced the political victimsation and emerged victorious.

The PML-N’s supremo had been punished for serving people and controlling inflation, she said. While referring to disqualification of the former premier, she said such incidents sparked inflation and derailed the country from the track leading to development.

She said conspirators did not want to see Pakistan economically stable. She recalled that prices of flour, ghee and sugar remained stable during the five-year tenure of the PML-N government.

There would have been no inflation in the country if Nawaz Sharif had not been removed as the prime minister, she said.

Maryam expressed resolve to end “economic” terrorism in the country, adding that an historic programme would be launched for development in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. -INP