{"id":48185,"date":"2024-01-15T13:45:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T13:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/maryam-kicks-off-pml-n-election-drive-with-imran-in-crosshairs-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-01-15T13:45:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T13:45:08","slug":"maryam-kicks-off-pml-n-election-drive-with-imran-in-crosshairs-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/maryam-kicks-off-pml-n-election-drive-with-imran-in-crosshairs-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryam kicks off PML-N election drive with Imran in crosshairs | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz, while referring to the PTI, said on Monday that a \u2018terrorist party\u2019 cannot be allotted an electoral symbol.<\/p>\n

The party leader\u2019s remarks came as she kicked off the PML-N\u2019s much-awaited election campaign in Okara ahead of the February 8 polls.<\/p>\n

Amid mounting criticism over the delay in its election strategy and ticket allocations, the PML-N only four days ago<\/a> unveiled plans to kickstart its electoral campaign from today. It also finalised the distribution of party tickets across 21 districts, including Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, and Gujranwala.<\/p>\n

Bashing the PTI even further today, Maryam said that the party’s election symbol was not a \u2018bat\u2019, but a \u2018baton\u2019. \u201cThe baton that its workers held in their hands, and used to threaten the people. The baton that they used to attack military installations [on May 9, 2023],\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Casting doubt on ex-prime minister Imran Khan\u2019s injuries sustained during the Wazirabad attack, she said, \u201cThe oppressor is now forced to save face, sometimes by using the excuse of a plastered leg and other times by being in a wheelchair.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read<\/strong> PML-N stands united as never before: Nawaz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe one who didn\u2019t tire out labelling others as thieves didn’t even leave a watch. Your election symbol should have been a stolen watch,\u201d the PML-N leader said in reference to Imran\u2019s conviction in the Toshakhana case.<\/p>\n

Maryam said there was much hue and cry over the PTI\u2019s electoral symbol being withdrawn, adding that it was actually the party\u2019s \u201cfraudulent intra-party polls that have been exposed\u201d. \u201cSuch people are made a lesson for others to learn from, not allotted electoral symbols,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The PML-N leader said the role of everyone who played a role in \u201coppressing\u201d former three-time prime minister, also her father Nawaz Sharif, was coming on to an end. She said it was not Nawaz Sharif \u201cavenging the injustices meted out to him, but the law of nature\u201d.<\/p>\n

She said the stronger a government the PML-N supremo gets, the better the facilities people will get.<\/p>\n

Maryam concluded her address by thanking the people of Okara who \u201cattended the rally despite the severe cold and fog\u201d.<\/p>\n

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