Lahore, 27 Jan: Focus on bringing Pakistan’s economy back on track, the message of peace to India, a vow to combat climate change, and zero-tolerance towards terrorism are the highlights of the manifesto unveiled by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif\u2019s party on Saturday.
\nWith less than two weeks before the February 8 general elections, Sharif\u2019s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz\u2019s (PML-N) manifesto promises to send a \u201cmessage of peace\u201d to other countries, including India, on the condition that New Delhi revert its August 2019 action on Kashmir, Dawn.com reported, quoting the manifesto.
\nIndia has told Pakistan that Jammu and Kashmir is an inalienable and integral part of the country. Article 370, which was abrogated by India’s Parliament in 2019, is entirely a matter of India as well as its Constitution, the Ministry of External Affairs has reiterated previously.
\nThe manifesto also vows to combat the impacts of climate change and a \u201czero-tolerance policy\u201d towards terrorism, it said.
\nThe other agendas on the PML-N\u2019s table include a \u201csecured water future\u201d and \u201cadd life to the economy through exports\u201d.
\nReleased at a special event here in the provincial capital of Punjab, the PML-N later shared the detailed manifesto titled \u2018Pakistan ko Nawaz do\u2019 on its official X account.
\n\u201cIf voted to power, the party vowed to provide the public with cheap and increased electricity as well as speedy development. Its promises include a 20 to 30 per cent reduction in power bills, a 15,000 megawatt-increase in electricity production, and a 10,000 MW production of solar energy,\u201d the Dawn newspaper reported.
\nThe party has vowed to ensure youth representation in national politics through parliament, and provincial and local governments and also said, it aims to restore student unions, expand the National Youth Scheme, allocate funds for IT start ups and increase youth entrepreneurship.
\nIt also promised to establish Pakistan\u2019s first sports university and 250 stadiums and academies along with youth skills development.
\nA plan to bring constitutional, legal, judicial and administrative reforms; combating violence against minorities; modernising agriculture, and making women independent apart from introducing a new labour policy to ensure their rights were also mentioned in the document.
\nThe other promises include the abolition of the National Accountability Bureau and bringing in comprehensive amendments to the Civil Procedure Code, 1908, and Criminal Procedure Code, 1898 to standardise the procedural laws.
\nThe manifesto also said court proceedings will be telecast live if the party is elected, according to The News International newspaper.
\nSharif termed it a \u201cstrange coincidence\u201d that despite him being ousted as the prime minister in 2017 and \u201cpolitical vendettas\u201d against the PML-N, his party members were once again \u201cpreparing to contest elections and presenting their manifesto.\u201d
\nThe former three-time prime minister also added that he neither intended to \u201cexpress his grievances\u201d nor was \u201cin a mood to complain today.\u201d
\nIn an indirect reference to former prime minister Imran Khan, he said, \u201cIf I was there in the previous government instead of the person who you saw, I would have never done what he did.\u201d
\nCriticising the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party that formed a government following the 2018 elections, Sharif said Khan’s regime broke the poor people’s back through inflation and cut off the electricity. Sharif claimed that electricity was never cut off during his rule.
\nSharif also recalled the PML-N\u2019s previous tenures, saying there was \u201cno inflation\u201d back then.
\nPakistan is in economic ruin and awaiting a monumental financial default without long overdue structural reforms sought by global creditors such as the IMF and the World Bank, along with bilateral partners like China and the UAE.
\nThe primary reason behind Pakistan\u2019s economic woes is its staggering debt levels, which, as of 2023, amount to nearly USD 125 billion owed to external creditors, with approximately one-third to China. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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