Nawaz Sharif announces PMLN manifesto's slogan "vote ko izzat do"

The ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif disclosed the PMLN party manifesto for the election 2018 saying, "vote ko izzat do" (respect the vote).

The convention hall in Islamabad echoed with the slogan "vote ko izzat do" given by their lifetime "Quaid" Nawaz Sharif as the party wanted to restore respect for the mandate of people.

He was speaking to the Central General Council of the party after his younger brother Shehbaz Sharif  got elected as new PML-N president. "I want to declare that our manifesto for next elections will be four words: "Vote ko izzat do".

Respect our vote. Respect the people. Respect the mandate. Respect people's right to rule," the former prime minister said. Nawaz Sharif said it was part of his faith that the people of Pakistan should lead honourable and prosperous life and for the purpose he would remain persistent in his cause.

"The next 70 years of Pakistan should be better than the previous ones. I will walk beside you. I will induce you to work for the respect of your vote." Nawaz Sharif urged his party workers to make the next election a referendum for the vote's respect.

The PML-N president had been changed due to a situation created by others, he added. He said in 2013, Pakistan was in a difficult situation as its treasury was empty, people were dying in acts of terrorism and the country was plunged in darkness due to absence of energy.

He said law and order had considerably improved in the country in just four years, while energy shortages were also overcome with production from new power projects and a network of roads was spread out across Pakistan.

The progress made by Punjab in last ten years was more than what had been done in the previous 60 years, he added. He named the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), motorways, metrobus projects, Orange Train and power projects as some of the achievements of his government and said he was being punished for putting Pakistan on the path of progress and prosperity.

He said in 2013, he accepted the challenges faced by the country and resolved major problems. He said he wanted to work for the future generations. His agenda was not personal as it was in the interest of the Pakistani nation, but he was involved in cases though he did not indulge in corruption, he added.

Nawaz Sharif said those, who were claiming to be honest and principled persons, staged a drama in the Senate and made compromises in its election. He said the whole nation watched what happened in the Senate elections.