As the electioneering has failed to gain the traditional momentum with the political parties delaying campaign for the reasons not explained, Maryam Nawaz is scheduled to address a rally in Okara today (Monday) – a move that will certain boost the voters’ mood.
In a post shared on X, the social media platform which was previously known as Twitter, PML-N Spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said Maryam – who is the party’s chief organiser and widely believed as the political scion of three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif – would share the important points of the manifesto to the crowd at Iqbal Stadium, Okara.
Describing the public gathering as a part of the PML-N’s election campaign, she said the people would be the winner on February 8 – the day when Pakistan will go for countrywide polling.
The victory, she added, the days of progress and development would return after her party wins the much-awaited general elections. Shehbaz Sharif, the PML-N president, had spoken to his supporters at Farooqabad, Sheikhupura, on December 30 – in a National Assembly constituency from where the party has nominated Irfan Dogar as its candidate. However, he hasn’t addressed any public gathering since then.
Earlier, Capt Safdar had said that Nawaz would be in Mansehra on January 22 for a rally – the district which has two National Assembly seats with NA-15 chosen by the PML-N supremo for reaching the new legislature.
Although, the PML-N is widely believed to win most number of National Assembly seats, it performance in smaller provinces – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Sindh – would determine its parliamentary size as well as the future of a hung parliament speculations.
