PML-N to resist attempts for February 8 polls postponement.

PML-N to resist attempts for February
8 polls postponement.

Report by: Nadia Tabasum

According to global Times news Agency Europe, Former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will oppose with full force against attempts to postpone the February 8 general elections.Shehbaz — the PML-N president — in an interview to a global Times Media Europe stressed that the time has arrived to enter the election phase at any cost, adding that any delay in the polls would be disastrous for Pakistan and democracy.
He expressed his views that all parties have commenced election campaigns across the country.Despite challenges, the nationwide polls should be conducted without any further delay.Recalling the performance of past governments led by his elder brother, he said that Nawaz Sharif had made Pakistan a nuclear power.He also gave credit to the former coalition government led by the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) — a 13-party alliance formed to topple the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government — for preventing the country from “facing default”.The ex-premier added that the former PDM government, under his premiership, was only fighting for Pakistan’s survival without any political agendas during its 16-month rule.Elaborating on the party’s election strategy, the PML-N president said that Nawaz had personally interviewed candidates. The junior Sharif also detailed that Nawaz would be the party’s candidate for the premiership.