KARACHI Feb 01 (TNS): Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif promised on Thursday to bring a change in Karachi and Sindh if he is given the chance.
Nawaz was addressing the workers of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz after chairing a meeting of party’s provincial executive committee at a local hotel in Karachi.
“Karachi is equally precious to me as any other city of Pakistan,” he said, adding “I invite people of Karachi to visit Lahore.
“Karachi should’ve been more developed, progressive, and pretty. However, Lahore has won this race.”
Nawaz, who was disqualified as prime minister by the Supreme Court in a landmark verdict on July 28, has come to Karachi for the first time since his disqualification.
While referring to the verdict, he remarked: “I couldn’t complete my tenure. A verdict removed me from my post. The nation has rejected the verdict.”
Nawaz further said that he has spent more than half of his life in politics. He then corrected himself and said: “Not politics, but serving the people.”
The PML-N chief had landed in Karachi earlier in the day and was received by party leaders at the Old Terminal of the Jinnah International Airport, Karachi.
Later, the former premier will visit the construction site of Green Line Bus project and review its progress. Moreover, Nawaz will also address a gathering of traders and industrialists at a local hotel in the evening.
On Friday, the former prime minister will participate in a seminar on future of democracy in Pakistan. Others attending the seminar include Balochistan-based senior politicians Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Mir Hasil Bizenjo, among others.
Nawaz will meet a delegation of Pakistan Bengali Association Friday evening, and also address a gathering of lawyers.
Interestingly, Nawaz is expected to appear on Friday before the accountability court Islamabad hearing corruption cases against him.
