Former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif asserted on Wednesday that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif’s ouster halted the country’s growth.

Addressing the party workers in NA-132 in Lahore, the PML-N president underscored the importance of the country’s youth. ‘’The youth have always expressed their confidence in the PML-N.’’

He lavished praise on Nawaz Sharif, saying, ‘’Nawaz Sharif has always served the masses with great enthusiasm. Nawaz Sharif has taken the country out of the darkness by addressing the problems in line with the power outage and unemployment.’’

‘’Between 2013 and 2017, the country was not witnessing the power outage due to the able leadership of Nawaz Sharif. Even there was no concept of inflation during the tenure of Nawaz Sharif,’’ Shehbaz added.

Recalling the 2018 elections, Shehbaz rued, ‘’The 2018 elections were subjected to the worst rigging’’.

He shed light on the expected return of PML-N supremo, saying, ‘’Nawaz Sharif is returning to the country on October 21 to restart the journey of the country’s prosperity’’.

‘’Nawaz Sharif is making his way back to the country to restore its past journey, not indulging in the political vendetta,’’ Shehbaz maintained.

– Nawaz Sharif’s return ‘big event’ –

PML-N senior leader Khawaja Asif said on Tuesday that the return of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to the country will be a ‘’big event''.

Addressing the party’s workers’ convention in Sialkot, Asif said, ‘’The passion of the party workers is increasing with every passing day. Nawaz Sharif is coming to the country to be the premier for the fourth time.’’

Speaking about the general elections, Asif said, ‘’The elections will be held in January. The process of delimitation has increased. The nation will announce its decision regarding choosing the government in January.’’

''We have paid the political price for the sake of the country. For the past one and a half years, the country’s situation has been worsening,'' Asif stated.

He praised PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif, saying, ‘’During his tenure as the Punjab chief minister, he took historical initiatives to uphold the province. These initiatives are still being remembered by the people.’’

Asif expressed his gratitude to the PML-N workers, saying, ‘’The PML-N workers had frequently elected us. We had left the traces of serving the masses, irrespective of the fact that we remained in power or opposition.’’

‘’The economy of Sialkot had been strengthened with the inauguration of merely the motorway,’’ he added.