ISLAMABAD – The PML N members at a parliamentary meeting of the partypresided over by former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Shairf voiced theirconcerns on the election campaign and said key leaders focused on theirrespective constituencies instead of working collectively.
One female member expressed her anger and said the party did not devise asound strategy to respond to the Nawaz Sharif issue. She said PML-N did notshow solidarity with the incarcerated former premier and urged an effectivemovement to tackle the situation.
Other pariticpants voiced reservations over PML-N’s alleged failure toconvince independent candidates to join party ranks after election and saidit was a matter of concern as they had been ruling Punjab for the past manyyears.
They praised Khursheed Shah’s role as opposition leader in the NationalAssembly and expressed the hope that Shehbaz Sharif would emerge as aneffective opposition figure.
The PML-N president on his part said Nawaz Sharif’s incarceration impactedtheir election campaign. He insisted election results were the outcome ofrigging as well as internal party weaknesses and formed a committee to lookinto the matter.