SIALKOT: The stage is set to hold Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s social media workers convention in the city by the PML-N on April 13, while the PTI has also completed arrangements for the public meetings to be addressed by its chairman Imran Khan at Daska and Sambrial the same day.

Both the parties are utilising all the available resources to bring their maximum workers to the respective venues on April 13th.

The local, regional and top leaderships of both the parties are making all out efforts to make their power shows successful.

The PML-N has displayed giant banners, pana-flexes and hoardings along all the main roads, at intersections and important public places in the city, to accord a warm welcome to the daughter of the ousted prime minister on her arrival in the city.

On the other hand, PTI local leader Arif Ahmed Khawaja told the newsmen that the party’s public meetings at Daska and Sambrial would change the political scenario in the district ahead of upcoming general elections.

Meanwhile, the district administration seems to be in great trouble as neither of the parties were ready to change the schedule for its event.

The PML-N district leadership held an important meeting at the residence of Foreign Minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif here in the Cantonment in connection with the convention.

The meeting was attended by all the local parliamentarians of the party, besides its local officials, including district president Idrees Ahmed Bajwa, women wing head Nusrat Jamshaid Malik, Gujranwala division youth wing president Farooq Ghumman.

It reviewed the arrangements for the convention. to be held at Allama Iqbal Chowk here.

Similarly, the PTI leaders including Arif Ahmed Khwaja, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, Iftikhar Ahmed Sahi (Daska), singer Abrarul Haq (Pasrur), retired Brig Muhammad Aslam Ghumman (Sambrial) and Shoaib Saddiqui are also active to make the party shows in the district successful.

Published in Dawn, April 11th, 2018