GT Road rally: Nawaz Sharif en route to Gujranwala
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif departed from Jhelum around 11:30am today, continuing his journey to Lahore via the GT Road.
Sources said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo plans to reach Gujranwala today, situated at a distance of around 100 kilometres from here.
Nawaz spent the night at Tulip Hotel — located on the bank of Jhelum River — on the second day of his ‘homecoming rally’, following his disqualification by the Supreme Court on July 28.
Local leaders of the PML-N, along with supporters, and security staff amassed at the venue and left in Nawaz’s cavalcade.
Senior party leaders Pervaiz Rasheed, Saad Rafique, Amir Muqam and Abid Sher Ali, among others, are accompanying Nawaz.
Talking to Geo News, PML-N leader and state minister Talal Chaudhry confirmed that Nawaz will be spending the night in Gujranwala and heading to Lahore tomorrow.
Addressing his supporters in Jhelum on Thursday evening, Nawaz said he is not greedy for power but wants to change Pakistan for the better.
He added that he was working towards bringing peace and prosperity to the country.
The former premier said it was the people’s mandate which brought him to power and he was ousted “in a minute”.
“Now, five honoured judges, ousted a democratically elected prime minister with the stroke of a pen in a minute,” said Nawaz.
“There was no corruption, there was no wrong doing.”
“You choose a prime minister by voting for him, but then a judge or a military dictator tears up your vote. This needs to change if Pakistan is to progress,” said Nawaz.
“The average for a democratically elected prime minister in Pakistan is a year and a half. Dictators rule the country for 10 years but a prime minister cannot even complete his tenure.”
“Is any court to punish dictators, dictators who have violated the Constitution,” questioned the former premier.
After addressing his supporters, Nawaz held a meeting of PML-N leaders to discuss the future course of action.
Earlier, Nawaz’s convoy departed Rawalpindi and entered Jhelum.
Though the former premier’s convoy took a while to cross Katcheri Chowk, Rawalpindi, once through, it whizzed out of the garrison city, crossing Rawat and the GT Road towns that follow.
Nawaz began the second leg of his ‘homecoming rally’ after leaving in his cavalcade from Punjab House, Rawalpindi on Thursday.
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