Shehbaz makes a pitch for NS return to power

Lahore: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that if given an opportunity in the upcoming general elections, Nawaz Sharif and the entire leadership of Pakistan Muslim League-N, would change destiny of the country by taking it on the path of progress and prosperity.

Addressing a cheques distribution ceremony under the Prime Minister’s Youth Business and Agriculture Loan Scheme, he said they would accept the public mandate in the upcoming polls and urged the people to take their decisions after looking into certain facts and by juxtaposing the performance of the PML-N governments with that of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s four years’ saga of destruction.

The prime minister while lauding the statesmanship qualities of his elder brother, regretted that former prime minister and his leader Nawas Sharif was ousted from power despite the fact that he had ended hours long crippling load shedding, provided laptops and loans to youth, brought muti-billions China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CEPC) power and road infrastructure projects during 2015.

On the other hand, Imran Khan had phobia about PML-N leadership and the opposition as day in and day out, he was bent upon putting them in jails with framing of fake cases, he said, adding the PTI leader could not assimilate the revolutionary steps taken by the PML-N government.

All the youth programmes, he said were started during the tenure of Nawaz Sharif as alone 50,000 vehicles were provided to the people on merit across Punjab province. The success of loan scheme could be gauged from the fact that 99 per cent loans were returned back to banks, he added.

The prime minister maintained that Nawaz Sharif and they had experienced worst kind of political vendetta, even they were sent on exile after outer from power, but unlike Imran Niazi, the PML-N Quaid never thought of anything against the country.

The prime minister elaborated that the person (Imran Khan) who was brought to power through a fraud elections, kept on chanting the corruption charges during his four years’ tenure but did not prove them, adding but when he was removed from power corridors through a constitutional manner, he used dirty language and tactics against the state institutions.

A number of ministers, advisers, parliamentarians, officials and beneficiaries of the loan and families attended the ceremony.

The prime minister stressed that these laptops were given purely on merit, and if proved otherwise, he would be held accountable as these resources belonged to the country.

The prime minister said that allegations, scandals and use of foul language were rife during the PTI’s government. About 3 billion dollar loans were given to the powerful families during the PTI’s government, he said, and questioned as to why this huge amount was not spent on the future of youth?

Toshakhana gifts for the country were sold in a shabby manner and efforts were made by Imran Niazi to protect his spouse from criminal cases. “A worst kind of vengeance was unleashed against the opposition and the civil servants.What was the difference between Hitler and Imran Khan? ” he regretted.

He advised the youth to always depend upon truthfulness and facts without being beguiled by sensational and misleading statements.

He said all these youth programmes were launched during 2013 which targetted the youth and lauded efforts of the prime minister.

‘Shehbaz’s speed’ had become an international reference for accomplishment of public welfare schemes at rapid speed, he added.

The governor further said that numerous information and technology programmes and skills development schemes were launched by the PML-N government which bridged the digital divide and enabled the youth to earn their livelihood with use of laptop scheme.