Summary Nawaz Sharif thanked people of Lodhran for their support in NA-154 by-election.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Ousted prime minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday reiterated that the public vote is being disrespected in the country for the last 70 years and now time has come to restore its sanctity.
Speaking to media in Lahore, Nawaz Sharif thanked people of Lodhran for their support in NA-154 by-election. He said he will spread message regarding sanctity of vote to every corner of the country.
“Public vote should not be disrespected. Country will only progress when public mandate will be respected,” he added.
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Earlier on Monday while speaking to media outside the accountability court, the PML-N president celebrated victory in Lodhran by-election, saying it was an answer to false cases and ‘the revenge in the name of accountability’.
The cases against Sharif family were launched on September 8 following the Supreme Court verdict of July 28 that disqualified Nawaz as prime minister and ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for institution of cases against him.
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The three cases against him pertain to the Al-Azizia Steel Mills, several companies including Flagship Investment Ltd, and London’s Avenfield properties.
