Nawaz Sharif directs his party leaders to start campaigns for general elections in Pakistan

The ruling Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz PMLN supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has directed his party leaders to start a mass mobilisation campaign for the upcoming general electionsThe 73yearold threetime former prime minister has asked the ruling party members to start preparing for the elections and confront the Imran Khanled Pakistan TehreekeInsaf PTI party and its allies in public The News International newspaper reported on TuesdayAlso read BSF shoots dead two Pak intruders along Punjab border guns recoveredNawaz left for London in November 2019 after the Lahore High Court granted him a fourweek permission allowing him to go abroad for his treatment But he never returned to Pakistan where he was convicted of corruption and jailed His party last month announced that it had started preparations for the return of its selfexiled supremoQuoting party sources the paper said that Nawaz in a series of online meetings with his party leaders directed them to speed up their political activities before the vote of confidence in PunjabHis younger brother and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was asked to engage with allies to find a solution to stop the opposition party from dissolving the Punjab AssemblyFormer prime minister Imran Khan has said that he would dissolve the assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces ruled by his party if the federal government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz did not sit down for talks and announce dates for the general electionsThe federal government a coalition of several parties is opposed to holding elections now The term of the current National Assembly will end in August 2023Khan the former cricketerturnedpolitician who was ousted as prime minister in April this year after a noconfidence motion was passed in the National Assembly is seeking fresh general elections in PakistanThe Punjab governor who belongs to the PMLN party had taken steps to stop Khan from dissolving the Punjab assemblyThe upcoming session on January 9 is extremely important for both the PMLN party and the PTI party as Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi might take a vote of confidence and in case the opposition alliance fails to attain the number of votes required in the noconfidence motion then Khans announcement of the dissolution of the assemblies would be implemented the paper addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever