{"id":16505,"date":"2023-10-21T15:38:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T15:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pakistan-cannot-progress-without-good-relations-with-neighbours-nawaz-sharif\/"},"modified":"2023-10-21T15:38:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T15:38:04","slug":"pakistan-cannot-progress-without-good-relations-with-neighbours-nawaz-sharif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistan-cannot-progress-without-good-relations-with-neighbours-nawaz-sharif\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan cannot progress without \u2018good relations\u2019 with neighbours: Nawaz Sharif"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>LAHORE: Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif, who returned to Pakistan today (Saturday) after spending four years in self-imposed exile, the country cannot progress without \u2018good relations\u2019 with neighbours, ARY News reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The PML-N supremo made these remarks while addressing a \u2018historic\u2019 homecoming rally at the Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore. In order to celebrate the return of their leader, the PML-N has orchestrated a massive rally at Minar-e-Pakistan ground.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"ARY NEWS LIVE | Latest Pakistan News \ud835\udfd0\ud835\udfd2\/\ud835\udfd5 | Headlines, Bulletins, Breaking News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sUKwTVAc0Vo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Party members from across the country have congregated at the site, bringing with them contingents of enthusiastic supporters from their respective constituencies. The Minar-e-Pakistan ground has been adorned with dazzling electric lighting.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Nawaz Sharif\u2019s speech<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The three-time prime minister began his speech with a verse.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Farynewsasia%2Fvideos%2F3656148198042977%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=395&amp;t=0\" width=\"395\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am meeting you today after several years, but my relationship of love with you is the same,\u201d Nawaz Sharif said, adding: \u201cThe love I am seeing in your eyes, I am proud of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PML-N supremo noted that he had served the country with loyalty whenever he was given a chance, adding that he had resolved the issues of Pakistan and never hesitated from any sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled regretted the \u201cfalse\u201d cases against him, PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif, party\u2019s vice president and his daughter Maryam Nawaz and other party leaders. However, he said, no one abandoned the PML-N flag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho are they who separate Nawaz Sharif from his nation?\u201d he asked, recalling making Pakistan a nuclear power and \u201cended\u201d load shedding in the country during his time as the prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you remember those 18 hours of loadshedding? Who ended it?\u201d he asked, noting that it was under his leadership that the power issue was resolved.<\/p>\n<p>The former premier stressed that \u201csome wounds never heal\u201d, recalling how he couldn\u2019t pay the final respects to his mother, father or wife despite repeated requests in jail.<\/p>\n<p>He said that these women won\u2019t be there to receive him at his home like they did in the past. He then recalled the time when he was given the news of his wife\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Atomic bomb launch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Referring to Pakistan\u2019s nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, the former premier said that then-United States president Bill Clinton and other world leaders pressured him not to conduct tests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be record present in the Foreign Office that Bill Clinton offered me $5 billion in 1999 for not carrying out nuclear tests, but my conscience did not allow me to accept the thing which was against Pakistan\u2019s favour,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf someone else would have been in my place, could he have said this in front of the American president,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Nawaz Sharif maintained that they conducted the nuclear tests and gave India a befitting response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre our [PML-N] governments toppled down and verdicts are issued against us for refusing the US and taking stance for the interest of Pakistan?,\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inflation <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the inflation, the former premier compared how roti and petrol\u2019s costs way higher today than when he was in power. \u201cWas I ousted for this reason? It was said that Nawaz Sharif was ousted for not taking salary from his son,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are the public, you tell, do you agree with such decision?\u201d he asked the charged crowd at Minar-e-Pakistan jalsa.<\/p>\n<p>He further said that no one in Pakistan would be unemployed if his party was allowed to continue the \u201c1990s economic model\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, he said, today, the condition are so bad that one has to think if they can feed their children or pay electricity bills. \u201cPeople are committing suicide, and borrowing money to pay the bills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring my tenure, the poor had enough financial resources to at least to seek healthcare and get himself treated,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Nawaz Sharif clarified that these tough economic conditions weren\u2019t created during the Shehbaz-led government but traced back to a long time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring our tenure sugar was 50 rupees per kilogram, today it is at 250,\u201d he said, adding: \u201cPakistan was on its way to becoming an Asian tiger, we were preparing to ensure Pakistan\u2019s inclusion in the G20.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>PML-N supremo reaches Islamabad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif reached Islamabad from Dubai via a chartered flight.<\/p>\n<p>After landing at Islamabad airport, Sharif proceeded to the airport\u2019s VIP lounge alongside party leader Ishaq Dar, to sign legal documents and complete biometric formalities.<\/p>\n<p>The PML-N supremo stayed at Islamabad International Airport for over one hour where he signed documents and held consultation with his lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>Notable leaders, including Maryam Nawaz, have already joined the rally, and Nawaz Sharif himself has arrived in Lahore from Islamabad, where he was warmly received by his brother, Shahbaz Sharif. A helicopter transported him to the historic Shahi Fort.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>More to follow<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif, who returned to Pakistan today (Saturday) after spending four years in self-imposed exile, the country cannot progress without \u2018good relations\u2019 with neighbours, ARY News reported. The PML-N supremo made these remarks while addressing a \u2018historic\u2019 homecoming rally at the Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore. 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