PML-N's 2018 manifesto unveiled with a call to 'honour the vote'
Senior PML-N leaders on Thursday presented the party's manifesto ahead of the July 25 general elections at a ceremony in Lahore.
Former state minister Marriyum Aurangzeb began by reading out a message from former prime minister and PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif, who regretted the "political conspiracies" his government was allegedly subjected to after coming into power in 2013.
The fact that Chinese President Xi Jinping's trip to Pakistan in connection with CPEC-related investment had to be postponed proved "how harmful dharnas (sit-ins) were for the national interest", he was quoted as saying.
See PML-N's complete manifesto for 2018 elections here.
Sharif also criticised the "unprecedented" court decisions that led to his ouster as prime minister and removal as party head.
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It is incumbent upon the PML-N to ensure the progress of democracy, political harmony, protection of rights of minorities, respect for women and supremacy of the Constitution in Pakistan, he said.