2024-05-20 01:18:04
No wish to take revenge, Nawaz says in homecoming Lahore power show - Democratic Voice USA
No wish to take revenge, Nawaz says in homecoming Lahore power show

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif Saturday ruled out taking revenge from his political opponents for “never-healing wounds”, saying his party’s aim is to bring the country out of the ongoing crises.

The former premier made the remarks at PML-N power show in Lahore.

His flight landed in Lahore at 5:02pm. Before that, he first landed in Islamabad at 1:22pm from Dubai — where he was residing for two days. He had then visited Saudi Arabia before that.

The PML-N supremo was in Islamabad to fulfill legal formalities.

The caravans of PML-N workers and supporters from across the country have converged in Lahore via trains and by road to welcome their leader who is hoping to make a political comeback ahead of upcoming general elections.

Nawaz said that his relationship with the nation is the same as when he left the country. He said that he was proud to see “loyalty in the eyes of people”.

He said that he served the country with loyalty whenever he was given a chance, he resolved the issues of Pakistan and never hesitated from any sacrifice.

The former premier regretted the “false” cases against him, Shehbaz, Maryam, and other PML-N leaders.

The PML-N supremo recalled making Pakistan a nuclear power and “ending” load shedding in the country during his time as the prime minister.

“Do you remember those 18 hours of loadshedding? Who ended it?” he asked, noting that it was under his leadership that the power issue was resolved.

He then showed the bill as well, which has now skyrocketed due to the rupee-dollar parity and a rise in fuel prices.

The former premier stressed that “some wounds never heal”, saying that the wealth of this life may go away and come back to you with the blessings of God but the loved ones who pass away never come back,” he said while referring to the passing away of his mother and wife when he was facing the legal battles.

He said that these women won’t be there to receive him at his home like they did in the past.

He then recalled the time when he was given the news of his wife’s passing.

Sharing his ordeal in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, three-time former premier Nawaz said that Maryam lost consciousness when he told his daughter about the death of her mother.

Talking about Pakistan’s nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, the former premier said that then-United States president Bill Clinton and other world leaders had been pressuring and refraining him from the tests and offered $5 billion in this regard but he refused the offer and made Pakistan a nuclear state.

Without taking the name of deposed premier Imran Khan, the elder Sharif asked: “Could he have dared to refuse the US president?”

“Clinton had offered $5 billion to me in 1999 for not carrying out nuclear tests, but my conscience did not allow me to accept the thing which was against the interest of Pakistan,” he added.

“Are our [PML-N] governments toppled down and rulings are issued against us [for refusing the US and taking stance for the interest of Pakistan]?,” said the PML-N supremo.

PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif said no one in Pakistani would be unemployed if his party was allowed to continue the “1990s momentum”.

“I was ousted because I didn’t allow the dollar rate to fluctuate,” he said.

Nawaz lamented that due to the ongoing economic crisis, “one has to decide whether to pay electricity bills or take care of one’s children”. “People are committing suicide, and borrowing money to pay the bills.”

In his address, Nawaz Sharif added: “I am addressing any political gathering after a gap of six years as I faced cases for two years.”

“I have come today with electricity bills from May 2016 during my tenure as PM when there were sit-ins but we were busy doing our work.”

“You know who was orchestrating the sit-ins? […] But we ensured the provision of electricity to your homes despite the sit-ins,” Nawaz said while commenting on sit-ins during his tenure.

Earlier this week, the PML-N chief’s smooth return to the country was ensured after he secured relief from the Islamabad High Court and an accountability court, averting the threat of immediate arrest when he lands back in the country.

 

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