{"id":33432,"date":"2023-12-09T15:15:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T15:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/mending-relations-with-upset-neighbours-crucial-for-pakistan-says-nawaz\/"},"modified":"2023-12-09T15:15:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T15:15:14","slug":"mending-relations-with-upset-neighbours-crucial-for-pakistan-says-nawaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/mending-relations-with-upset-neighbours-crucial-for-pakistan-says-nawaz\/","title":{"rendered":"Mending relations with \u2018upset\u2019 neighbours crucial for Pakistan, says Nawaz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Saturday stressed the need to improve relationships with Pakistan\u2019s neighbours, wondering how the country could achieve a global status while there were disagreements with bordering nations.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the party\u2019s parliamentary board meeting in Lahore, he said: \u201cHow can you achieve a global status when your neighbours are upset with you, or you are with them?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to fix our affairs with India and Afghanistan as well, [and] strengthen them further with Iran and China,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>His statement comes amid Pakistan\u2019s frigid ties with India \u2014 seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1715666\">sports<\/a> as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1751042\">verbal exchanges<\/a> between leaders \u2014 and with Afghanistan due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1787503\">terrorism concerns<\/a> and the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1785519\">deportation drive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-full  w-full  media--stretch  media--embed  \">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"\ud83d\udd34LIVE | Nawaz Sharif Addresses To PMLN Parliamentary Board Meeting | Dawn News Live\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sn5opMnmRBQ?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<\/figure>\n<p>Today, Nawaz emphasised that a government should not only focus on the economic and financial performance but \u201cshow its performance in every sector\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled that during his party\u2019s tenures, two Indian premiers \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1427505#:~:text=then%20prime%20minister-,Nawaz,-Sharif%20said%20he\">Atal Bihari Vajpayee<\/a> in 1999 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1228735\">Narendra Modi<\/a> in 2015 \u2014 visited Pakistan. \u201cDid anyone come before them?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-PM then criticised the PTI government for \u201ctrying to sabotage\u201d the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. He further said that there was \u201conly talk but no work\u201d about making use of the country\u2019s coal resources.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"mismanaged-economy\" href=\"#mismanaged-economy\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>\u2018Mismanaged economy\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>At the outset of his address, the PML-N supremo recalled that Pakistan\u2019s \u201ceconomic indicators were going forward\u201d during his party\u2019s 2013-2018 tenure.<\/p>\n<p>He asserted that the rupee maintained its position for four years and the world recognised that Pakistan was well ahead in the development speed and would achieve a great status in not just the region but in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat dream should have been fulfilled but such factors and characters came in between who brought a well-running Pakistan to a grinding halt,\u201d Nawaz said.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to say that since then, the country\u2019s economic development ceased and the GDP rate and currency began a downward spiral.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1796054\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The PML-N supremo stated that the basic reason for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1796330\/weekly-inflation-spikes-to-426pc-on-costly-energy\">high inflation rate<\/a> was that the economy had been \u201cmismanaged\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Urging the party leaders to \u201cnote when it started being mismanaged\u201d, he said it started in 2019 and till 2022, when his brother and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif became the prime minister, \u201ceverything\u201d had receded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not understand how a country\u2019s governance is handed over to an inept person. You take the powers from a well-run government and hand them to an inept person,\u201d he said in an apparent reference to former premier Imran Khan.<\/p>\n<p>Nawaz also spoke about the electricity issues facing the country, stating that previously there was \u201conly the issue of load-shedding but now Imran Khan\u2019s government has also created the problem of power prices for us\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The former prime minister asserted that his party\u2019s top aim of coming into politics should be to solve the myriad of issues facing the country, including poverty, unemployment, illiteracy and underdevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen we can talk about personal standing later on,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere should be an agreement between us that you are acquiring tickets to serve this country and take it to its real position,\u201d he told his party leaders.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"why-were-we-ousted\" href=\"#why-were-we-ousted\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>\u2018Why were we ousted?\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking about his party\u2019s three tenures, Nawaz said: \u201cEach time, we came and did good work for the country\u2019s development and each time we were ousted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy were we ousted?\u201d he asked. \u201cI should know why we were ousted in 1993, in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Was it] because we handled matters the right way? [Was it] because we said the fighting in Kargil should not have taken place? Is this why we were ousted?\u201d he asked, adding that he was \u201cproven right\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing his party leaders, the PML-N supremo said they should not only be passionate about obtaining tickets for contesting the upcoming general elections but also think about the country\u2019s situation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1796347\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThose who have brought the country to this point, they should also be held accountable. They should be asked how you meted out such treatment with this country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did you do so, which no patriotic Pakistani can ever even imagine?\u201d the former premier asked.<\/p>\n<p>Nawaz\u2019s questions echoed his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1796186\/pml-n-demands-accountability-not-power-nawaz-sharif\">statements<\/a> from a day ago when he said his party does not desire to win elections and form a government but demands accountability.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Saturday stressed the need to improve relationships with Pakistan\u2019s neighbours, wondering how the country could achieve a global status while there were disagreements with bordering nations. Addressing the party\u2019s parliamentary board meeting in Lahore, he said: \u201cHow can you achieve a global status when your neighbours are upset with you, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/12\/0914255269173fe.png?r=142731","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}