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Islamabad (Manend News) In an apparent reference to the PTI, PML-N Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz on Monday said a “terrorist party” could not be allotted an electoral symbol as her party kicked off its poll campaign in Okara.
After much delay, the PML-N is finally set to unveil its manifesto for the February 8 general elections. For the last two months, the party’s over 30 different sub-committees have been sitting together to prepare its poll manifesto.
PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif had been perturbed by his party being labelled as the ‘favourite’ of the establishment, an impression he desperately wanted to dispel during the election campaign, an insider had told Dawn earlier.
Further, the delay in the launch of the polls campaign was primarily caused by the PML-N’s long deliberations in ticket distribution and seat adjustment with the Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) and PML-Q.
Addressing party supporters in Okara today, Maryam — without mentioning the PTI — said: “Sher [tiger] can be allotted sher, but a terrorist party cannot be allotted an election symbol like other political parties.”
“You say your electoral symbol was ‘bat’, no, it was the danda [baton] that you had in your hand. The danda that you used against the state of Pakistan and the public,” Maryam claimed
“You say your electoral symbol was ‘bat’, no, it was the danda [baton] that you had in your hand. The danda that you used against the state of Pakistan and the public,” Maryam claimed.Referring to Imran’s recent accusations that Nawaz was playing the match “with the umpires of choice”, Maryam said Nawaz’s “real umpire” was the public and it would bring him back to power again.“If a person loves Pakistan […] then they would not vote for anyone except Nawaz Sharif,” she stated, promising good education, cheap electricity, women empowerment and a better living standard if the PML-N emerged victorious in the upcoming polls.At the outset of her address, Maryam said the PML-N did not wish to take revenge. “The court of fate has taken a suo motu of Nawaz’s oppression […] when a person is truthful and honest like Nawaz, they stand like a lion whatever may come,” she added.Maryam also promised that, unlike other political parties, the PML-N would not just work before elections but also after them.