LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb here said no one could be ousted from the political arena as the conduct and actions of politicians shaped their future.
“Nobody can force out anybody from politics if their actions are rightful and Nawaz Sharif is a living example of this,” the minister said, addressing a ‘Meet the Press’ programme at the Lahore Press Club (LPC).
She said all-out efforts were made to minus Nawaz Sharif from politics but in vain, since he had deep roots among the people who wanted to see him in Pakistan for putting it again on the course of progress and development.
Marriyum said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Quaid Nawaz Sharif was a brave leader, who had courted his arrest before his workers. On the other hand, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief used his workers to achieve his ulterior motives.
The minister said the general election would be held once the incumbent National Assembly completed its constitutional tenure and it was the responsibility of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold polls in the country.
She said the PML-N was ready to contest the general elections and it was the only party which had already launched its countrywide campaign in that regard. People turned out in big numbers in the public gatherings addressed by PML-N Chief Organizer Maryam Nawaz Sharif in different cities including Shujaabad, Vehari, Kasur and Lahore.
“The masses are fully fed up with the politics of hatred and anarchy,” she said, adding the people would elect their representatives through ballot this time as a government which was imposed on them in 2018 had miserably failed.
“The party which came into the government as a result of suspending the RTS in 2018 elections has collapsed like a house of cards” and the people would never let that happen again, she added.
To a query, she said the PTI chief would be held accountable for his wrong deeds and orchestrating the May 9 incidents in the country. The people involved in the mayhem on that day would be dealt as per the law.
She said the coalition government would not have reformed the National Accountability Bureau laws, if it had wanted to victimize political opponents.
The health insurance scheme would be executed through the Press Information Department (PID) offices and a policy would be formulated in that regard within next two weeks, she added.
The minister said many media workers had visited the chamber of Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif when he was Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly to request him for medical insurance, and the latter soon after coming into power, ordered to work out a scheme for the purpose.
“The media persons were exposed to the worst state oppression during the four years of the PTI government,” she added, while assuring that the PML-N would continue to stand with journalists.
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