{"id":52332,"date":"2024-01-25T18:22:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T18:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/there-were-no-political-prisoners-during-pml-n-tenure-shehbaz-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-01-25T18:22:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T18:22:47","slug":"there-were-no-political-prisoners-during-pml-n-tenure-shehbaz-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/there-were-no-political-prisoners-during-pml-n-tenure-shehbaz-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"There were no political prisoners during PML-N tenure: Shehbaz | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>Former prime minister and President of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), Shehbaz Sharif, has claimed that during the tenure of the PML-N government from 2013 to 2018, there were no political prisoners in Punjab and Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a rally in Mandi Bahauddin on Thursday, Shehbaz highlighted the tumultuous events following Nawaz Sharif&#8217;s majority win in 2013. He recalled the onset of sit-ins and the subsequent termination of his elder brother&#8217;s government in 2017, attributing it to conspiracy.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pmln_org\/status\/1750497316812034481\">\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ur\">\u0686\u0646\u062f \u062f\u0646 \u067e\u06c1\u0644\u06d2 \u0627\u06cc\u06a9 \u0645\u06c1\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u0646\u06d2 \u06a9\u06c1\u0627 \u06a9\u06c1 \u0627\u06af\u0631 \u06c1\u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u062d\u06a9\u0648\u0645\u062a \u0645\u0644\u06cc \u062a\u0648 \u062a\u0645\u0627\u0645 \u0633\u06cc\u0627\u0633\u06cc \u0642\u06cc\u062f\u06cc\u0648\u06ba \u06a9\u0648 \u0631\u06c1\u0627 \u06a9\u0631\u062f\u06cc\u06ba \u06af\u06d2 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0645\u06c1\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u0648 \u0628\u062a\u0627\u0646\u0627 \u0686\u0627\u06c1\u062a\u0627 \u06c1\u0648\u06ba \u06a9\u06c1 \u0646\u0648\u0627\u0632\u0634\u0631\u06cc\u0641 \u06a9\u06d2 \u062f\u0648\u0631 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u06a9\u0648\u0626\u06cc \u0633\u06cc\u0627\u0633\u06cc \u0642\u06cc\u062f\u06cc \u0646\u06c1\u06cc\u06ba \u062a\u06be\u0627 \u06cc\u06c1 \u06c1\u0645\u0627\u0631\u0627 \u0631\u06cc\u06a9\u0627\u0631\u0688 \u06c1\u06d2\u06d4<\/p>\n<p>\u0645\u0646\u0688\u06cc \u0628\u06c1\u0627\u0624\u0627\u0644\u062f\u06cc\u0646 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0639\u0648\u0627\u0645\u06cc \u0627\u062c\u062a\u0645\u0627\u0639 \u0633\u06d2 \u062e\u0637\u0627\u0628\u06d4<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShehbazinMBD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShehbazinMBD<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iKjbuG0fU0\">pic.twitter.com\/iKjbuG0fU0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PMLN (@pmln_org) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pmln_org\/status\/1750497316812034481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The PML-N president stressed their efforts in alleviating load shedding and initiating numerous projects such as the Motorway and Danish School.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the historic significance of Pakistan&#8217;s Independence Day in 2014, Shehbaz referenced PTI founder Imran Khan\u2019s nationwide long march against Pakistan and Nawaz Sharif.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read also: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2454231\/bilawal-vows-to-end-political-imprisonment\" target=\"_blank\">Bilawal vows to end political imprisonment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He lamented the verbal abuse, sit-ins, discussions of parliament arson, and the cancellation of the Chinese president&#8217;s visit, stressing that the nation still vividly remembers these events.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Shehbaz criticised Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, the chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), for promising to release political prisoners if his party comes into power.<\/p>\n<p>Shehbaz urged Bilawal to also address issues related to alleged private prisons where individuals, including children, are purportedly mistreated and detained in Sindh, where the latter\u2019s PPP rules.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former prime minister and President of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), Shehbaz Sharif, has claimed that during the tenure of the PML-N government from 2013 to 2018, there were no political prisoners in Punjab and Islamabad. Speaking at a rally in Mandi Bahauddin on Thursday, Shehbaz highlighted the tumultuous events following Nawaz Sharif&#8217;s majority win [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52333,"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.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/shahbazsharifmandibahauddinscreen1706203089-0\/shahbazsharifmandibahauddinscreen1706203089-0.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52332","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\/52332","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=52332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}