Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Marriyum Aurangzeb lashed out at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Omar Ayub on Saturday.

Expressing her thoughts, Marriyum said: “It is the fear of defeat in the prime ministerial election that compels him [Omar Ayub] to raise reservations.”

“We would like to felicitate Shehbaz Sharif in advance ahead of the prime ministerial elections. The drama of accepting the poll results of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and rejecting those of other provinces is not acceptable,” Marriyum said.

She asserted: “Those who took the country on the verge of default are competing with those who averted the default’s risk.”

Recalling the events that transpired on May 9, Marriyum stated: “Those who were involved in the May 9 vandalism are competing with those who belonged to May 28.”

“We will respond to this misbehaviour by serving the masses,” she added.

– PML-N did not raise objections to Omar Ayub's nomination papers –

PML-N senior leader Ahsan Iqbal hoped that the PTI would play a “positive” role.

Speaking to the media flanked by PML-N leader Atta Tarar in Islamabad, the former planning minister said: “The nomination papers of Shehbaz Sharif for the prime minister slot had been approved.”

“We [PML-N] did not raise objections to the nomination papers of Omar Ayub. We want to move forward with democracy,” he added.

Denouncing the politics of unrest, Iqbal said: “Nobody will be allowed to stage the politics revolving around the anarchy.”

He maintained: “We got to start the new journey of development by forgetting any differences.”

Taking a jibe at the PTI, Iqbal said: “The PTI has a habit of causing uproar and rigging in every election. The speaker had denounced the allegations of the PTI”.

“The PTI is urging the United States to provide the NRO to their leader. The PTI is also requesting the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to provide the NRO to their leader,” he added.

Iqbal added, “The PTI founder is not going to get the NRO. He should prove his innocence before the courts.”