Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif said on Monday that he was the premier in 1999 in the morning but suddenly declared the "hijacker" in the night.

Addressing the parliamentary board meeting, the former prime minister rued: "Those who were following the constitution and law were debarred from politics. When action was taken against those who violated the constitution, then we were attacked."

The PML-N supremo said: "We had to face detention and exile for more years than being in power. If the journey of development had continued, then the country might have progressed far."

"I had heard a lot about the Thar coal, but nobody had worked on it. We had produced the electricity from the Thar coal," he said.

"We bring peace to Karachi, but vote was casted for somebody else; it is not a good thing. We had constructed the Lowari tunnel for the people of Chitral, but they cast their vote for the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI)," Nawaz Sharif maintained.

– Shehbaz Sharif sees country on cusp of economic recovery –

PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that the country was on the cusp of economic recovery following the tough decisions taken during the coalition government’s tenure.

Shehbaz held separate meetings with the PML-N leaders in Lahore. Prominent among those who met the former prime minister were Rana Iqbal, Mian Saqib Khurshid, Javed Ali Shah, Munawar Khetran, Ayesha Arshad Lodhi, Naveed Aslam Lodhi, Sheikh Fayyaz, Abid Raza Kotla, Syed Mobeen, Qutub Koreja, Makhdoom Mubeen, and Mehmood Alam.

On this occasion, matters in line with the party and upcoming generals were underscored. The PML-N leaders also extend their felicitations to Shehbaz Sharif on the acquittal of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif.