‘Maryam’s political days are numbered’

By Uzma Zafar

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz Thursday said the politics of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Vice President Maryam Nawaz had doomed even before take-off.
She had a dark future as she had to confine herself to corner meetings instead of holding public gatherings and rallies, he said in a tweet.
The masses, who supported a politician for a cause, would not become a tool for self- centred politics, he added. “Hasrat un Ghunchaon Pay Hay Jo Bin Khilay Murjha Gayae.”
Earlier Wednesday, Mr Shibili Faraz said the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of opposition parties, would get nothing but disgrace in its anti-government move as they were following the agenda of personal gains, setting aside national interests.
The minister, in a tweet, said the alliance was badly exposed in the daylight and destined to meet disgrace in public due to their personal interests and lack of trust in each other, saying “Yeh Saanjh Ki Handiya Beech Chorahay Phoot Rahi Hay.”
He said the recent statements of veteran leaders of (JUI-F) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani and Hafiz Hussain Ahmed were conspicuous examples.Shibli Faraz said a self interested component group, having divergent directions and destinations, had fully been exposed.
The minister said there was nothing good for the common man in the politics of scattered opposition having dispersed views.
May Allah Almighty help the opposition to see the people and their problems instead of passion to clinch the power, he added.
Days earlier Mr. Faraz said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was committed to promote reward and punishment policy to achieve progress in every institution of the country.
The incumbent government had made efforts to identify elements behind sugar and petroleum crisis, he said in an interview with a private television channel.