Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Khawaja Asif said on Sunday that Nawaz Sharif is on the verge of becoming prime minister for the fourth time.

Addressing the party workers’ convention, Asif pointed out the “diminishing support” for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief, asserting, “The PTI chief’s former allies had formed separate parties.”

He was of the view that it is up to the masses to take the decision at will on February 8.

"The country had witnessed unprecedented corruption in the last four years," Asif maintained.

The former defence minister touched upon the “challenging times” faced by PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and PML-N chief organiser Maryam Nawaz during their incarceration.

He expressed optimism about fostering the country’s economy in two years.

– PML-N’s Ahsan Iqbal upbeat about winning elections –

Few days back, PML-N senior leader Ahsan Iqbal expressed optimism that his party will win the upcoming elections.

Speaking exclusively on Samaa TV, the former planning minister said: “The PML-N can say this simply that it will develop the entire country the way it uplifted Lahore. We have built three mass transit projects”.

He recalled the tenure of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), saying, “The biggest of all the challenges faced by the PDM was to save the country from default.’’

Iqbal slammed Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, saying, “What wonders the young leadership had done in Sindh. No single party had enjoyed a simple majority during the PDM’s tenure.”

He took a dig at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief, asserting, “The country is witnessing stability as the PTI chairman is behind bars''.