Problems plentiful for PML-N

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Zahid Hussain is an author and journalist.
Zahid Hussain is an author and journalist.

The dice is now more heavily loaded against the PML-N.

Politics is a dirty game but it has gotten dirtier with the ‘angels’ getting into the act. Surely, the last-minute rejection of the PML-N ticket by the candidates has not been just an act of jumping off a drowning ship. Only a moron could believe that.

It is evident that the long absence of Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam from the country has seriously affected the PML-N election campaign.

Moreover, the widening rift between the Sharif brothers has further compounded the party’s predicament.

Yet another predicament facing the PML-N and its leadership in the run-up to the elections is the possibility of the former prime minister and Maryam Nawaz being convicted on graft charges.

Read the full column here.

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