Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader retired Captain Safdar Awan lambasted on Sunday the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), saying the party had "harmed" the country's economy.

Speaking to media in Mandi Bahauddin, Safdar highlighted the importance of transparent elections in the country. "The country will only move forward if transparent polls are held," he said.

The PML-N stalwart said: "PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif does not believe in the elections based on rigging".

Expressing his thoughts about legislation, Safdar stated, "Only the political party with a two-thirds majority can make legislation.

He commended Nawaz Sharif, saying, "Nawaz Sharif has a track record of pulling the country out of the quagmire."

– Ex-PTI chief dragged country into economic quagmire –

PML-N senior leader Ahsan Iqbal asserted that the former PTI chief had dragged the country into an economic quagmire due to his incompetency.

Addressing a corner meeting, the former planning minister said: “Everybody had witnessed that the inept leader, who had harmed the country, is now in Adiala Jail.”

Recounting the tenure of former president Pervez Musharraf, Iqbal said: “We had to face many cases during the regime of Pervez Musharraf.”

Iqbal lavished his praise on PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, saying, “Nawaz Sharif has always steered the country to development. He [Nawaz Sharif] had also addressed the problems in line with the power outages.”