{"id":50236,"date":"2024-01-20T11:55:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T11:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/maryam-lambasts-rivals-in-fiery-khanewal-speech\/"},"modified":"2024-01-20T11:55:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T11:55:05","slug":"maryam-lambasts-rivals-in-fiery-khanewal-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/maryam-lambasts-rivals-in-fiery-khanewal-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryam lambasts rivals in fiery Khanewal speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>LAHORE: In a hard-hitting speech at an election rally in Khanewal on Friday, PML-N chief organiser Maryam Nawaz Sharif challenged her political opponents over their claims of not having a level playing field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who demand a level playing field should come and compete and not run away,\u201d she said while addressing the rally.<\/p>\n<p>She defended her father, Nawaz Sharif, and the party against the accusations of causing inflation, pointing to the large turnout at the rally as evidence that the public does not blame her father for the country\u2019s economic woes.<\/p>\n<p>She recalled the widespread rigging in 2018 and praised the \u201clions of Khanewal\u201d [the voters] for not voting for another party.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote-level-1\">\n<p>PML-N leader rejects complaints about lack of level playing field<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She also highlighted the \u201ccontroversial remo\u00adval\u201d of her father from power in 2017, stating that \u201cit was necessary to shut down RTS to defeat him\u201d in the 2018 elections.<\/p>\n<p>The PML-N leader was referring to the state-of-the-art Result Trans\u00admission System, which abruptly stopped late at night on July 25, 2018, thus halting the transmission of results.<\/p>\n<p>She denied that her father ever incited \u201cattacks on national institutions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>While criticising PTI leader Imran Khan, Ms Sharif said her father \u201chad nothing to do with Mr Khan\u2019s current situation\u201d and that he has \u201cleft the matter to Allah\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She accused Mr Khan of inciting the youth to attack sensitive installations, resulting in them facing jail.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Sharif reiterated her father is not seeking revenge despite false accusations \u201clevelled against us by our political rivals\u201d.<\/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\/1806968\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>She made these remarks a day after PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1806968\">called<\/a> the Sharif family \u201cvindictive\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dQQ3ZHoplmg\">interview<\/a> with <em>DawnNewsTV<\/em> programme News Eye, Mr Bhutto-Zardari said: \u201cThey [PML-N leaders] aren\u2019t the ones to forgive. They harbour animosity, seek revenge and balance scores at the right time. They only know the politics of revenge. This is their history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Ms Sharif added that PML-N leaders and workers remained committed to the party during difficult times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood and bad times are very part of politics, but the PML-N has not left the field and is always ready to serve the masses with a renewed zeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Talking about her personal difficulties, she shared that she was informed about the death of her mother in Adiala Jail, but the support she has always received from the party and the people \u201cincreased my determination to serve the people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, January 20th, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: In a hard-hitting speech at an election rally in Khanewal on Friday, PML-N chief organiser Maryam Nawaz Sharif challenged her political opponents over their claims of not having a level playing field. \u201cThose who demand a level playing field should come and compete and not run away,\u201d she said while addressing the rally. 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