LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif says Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is the most popular leader and those seeking his ouster will fail.

In a statement issued on Sunday, he said the PML-N leadership had served the masses with sincerity, that’s why it has become the largest and well-loved party of the country. He said those looking for ouster of the most popular and sincere leader of the masses would achieve nothing and their wish to seek the power through such tactics would never be fulfilled.

Shahbaz said the elements rejected by the masses were worried about their defeat in the 2018 election as the public would oppose the anti-development elements who risked the progress of the nation for their vested interests.

Turning his guns towards Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, Shahbaz said: “Niazi Sahib, there’s a great difference between the playground and politics and you have maligned your political career by telling lies and taking U-turns. Serving people is not your cup of tea as you have only spread lies and anarchy in the past four years and promoted the culture of hypocrisy, bullying and non-democratic ways”.

Published in Dawn, July 24th, 2017