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LAHORE: PML-N sup\u00adremo Nawaz Sharif, apparently perturbed at being tagged by his opponents as ladla<\/em> (blue-eyed) and his party a \u2018favourite\u2019 of the military establishment, asked party\u2019s new manifesto committee to add\u00adr\u00adess this matter while finalising it later this month.<\/p>\n On the other hand, PML-N has defended its current equation with the powers that be, wondering why such a question is being raised now when the party had never been provided a level playing field in elections.<\/p>\n \u201cNawaz Sharif is upset over the impression created by the PPP and PTI that he is a [new] blue-eyed of the military establishment and is set to return to power after getting a clean chit from courts in the cases he was convicted and disqualified,\u201d a party ins\u00adider told Dawn<\/em> on Saturday.<\/p>\n He said Mr Sharif had directed the party\u2019s new manifesto committee comprising over 40 members to come up with a narrative to counter this impression of being the \u201cestablishment\u2019s party and the ladla<\/em> tag\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThe elder Sharif is keen to dilute this impression ahead of Feb 8 polls,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The PML-N on Saturday also formed 30 sub-committees, asking them to provide recommendations by Nov 20 for devising a new manifesto that could appeal to the masses.<\/p>\n PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari recently launched a scathing criticism of the Sharifs, accusing them of abandoning their vote ko izzat do<\/em> narrative and being in cahoots with \u201cselectors\u201d \u2014 a term the PML-N used to refer to the establishment for supporting<\/a> former PM Imran Khan during his tenure \u2014 to regain power.<\/p>\n