BAHAWALPUR: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday told his political opponents to build a ‘new Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’ before building ‘Naya Pakistan’, and advised them against hitting ‘fours and sixes’.

“I speak with caution, I do not hit fours and sixes; I've come out of that age. There are others who have also grown out of that age, but they are still hitting sixes and fours. And then they are caught out at the boundary. Their sixes can not even clear the boundary,” said the prime minister, apparently lashing out at cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI).

He was speaking to a gathering of flood-affected people in Uch Sharif, about 75km from Bahawalpur.

Nawaz paid tribute to those political parties which he said were supporting ‘the right path’ and played ‘a positive role in parliament’.

“(But) some other politicians want to take the country back into the past. They do not want you to be in a better situation...they do not want you to be prosperous,” he said.

“All they want is Nawaz Sharif's resignation.16 million people voted for the Muslim League. And how many are demanding my resignation? 5…10? 15 thousand? 30 thousand? This is a joke on the people of Pakistan,” he remarked.

The premier said that he had come to Uch Sharif to share the grief of the flood-affected people, and vowed not to rest until they are properly rehabilitated.