PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leaders and workers on Saturday celebrated the 24th anniversary of the historic moment when Pakistan conducted successful detonation of nuclear devices on May 28, 1998.

The event concerning Youm-i-Takbeer was held at the party’s provincial secretariat where Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political and Public AffairsAmir Muqamwas the chief guest. Besides elected representatives and party office-bearers the workers also attended the function where a cake was cut to celebrate the Youm-i-Takbeer.

Addressing a press conference, Mr Muqam congratulated the workers on the occasion ofYoum-i-Takbeer, and said that Pakistan Muslim League was the founding party ofPakistan, which had been takingcrucial and important steps to protect the country.

The PML-N leader rejected the politics of anarchy and turmoil and said that the so-called Azadi March of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf had failed.

PML-N observes Youm-i-Takbeer

He said that despite external pressures Nawaz Sharif’s government hadconducted nuclear tests and madePakistan the first Islamic and seventhcountry in the world tobecome a nuclear power, which was a huge and remarkable achievement.

Highlighting the progress madeduring various tenures of the PML-N government, he said thatmegaprojects had been started, which would be completed in the stipulated time.

Criticising Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, he said that its long march on Islamabad had completely failed despite the illegitimate use of KP’s official machinery. He said people were fed up with PTI chairman Imran Khan who had been doing politics of agitation and levelling baseless accusations against his political rivals.

He said the party expected participation of millions of people in its long march, but all its speculations went wrong after people of the province distanced themselves from the party due to its wrong policies.

He said Imran Khan’s drama regarding dissolution of the National Assembly stood exposed as neither did he dissolve the KP Assembly nor PTI lawmakers appear before the NA speaker for verification of their resignations.

About therising fuel prices in the country, Mr Muqam said that the inflation was theresult of weak economic policies of the previous government.

Published in Dawn, May 29th, 2022