RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday said that free and fair elections will guarantee the development and prosperity of Pakistan.

He said this while addressing the meeting of the PML-N parliamentary board held at Model Town. The PML-N parliamentary board conducted interviews of the party candidates from Gujranwala division.

Addressing the meeting, Shahbaz Sharif said that PML-N will enter into the election arena with complete preparations adding that our five-year performance is evident before the people.

He said that politically conscious people are well aware of the fact that who have served them and who has badly ignored the mandate of the people.

Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former ministers Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Rana Tanvir Hussain, Ch Sher Ali, Kh Saad Rafiq, Ahsan Iqbal, Khurram Dastgir and other members of the parliamentary board attended the meeting.

The former Minister for Information Marriyum Auranzeb told media that the PML-N is contesting the upcoming general elections on the basis of its performance and recent surveys are showing that the PML-N would win the elections.

She said that in time general elections are necessary to take the country forward. She said that a large number of people have applied for the party ticket and the PML-N parliamentary board is awarding tickets after due consideration.

Marriyum further said the PML-N is the country’s biggest political party and pivot of its policies is service to the people.

She said the PML-N led Punjab government had worked devotedly on health, education, infrastructure, agriculture, transport and power sectors.

Moreover, talking to a delegation of Pakistan Muslim League-N Sindh comprising its President Shah Muhammad Shah and General Secretary Senator Saleem Zia, Shahbaz Sharif said that the Sindh rulers have done nothing for Karachi and the interior Sindh. That is why Sindh and the city of Karachi are lamenting over their devastation, he added.

Shahbaz said that he has been deeply saddened to observe the dilapidated conditions during his visits to Sindh and Karachi, if an opportunity is given by the people, Karachi and the rest of the Sindh province will be developed like Lahore and Punjab province.

Shah Muhammad Shah said on the occasion that the people of Sindh are looking towards Shahbaz for development and prosperity in their province. Punjab province has made tremendous progress under the leadership of Shahbaz Sharif and this development has become a role model for Sindh and other provinces, he said.

Senator Saleem Zia said that Shahbaz Sharif has won the hearts of the people by working day and night for the welfare of the masses.