Maryam Nawaz, daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, broke her silence on Thursday, saying that she had been silent due to "personal reasons" and that her resolve "cannot be weakened through intimidation and threatening tactics".
After nearly four months long absence from the public, Maryam Nawaz, who is vice president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), visited former premier and senior party leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and party's Secretary-general Ahsan Iqbal, and met their families to congratulate them on release from the jail on bails.
"First of all, if anyone thinks that by putting me in jail without any reason, I can be scared or subdued, they should know that my resolve to stand by civilian supremacy and Constitution has strengthened and it cannot be weakened through such intimidating tactics," she said, while talking to reporters along with Abbasi and Iqbal as well as other senior party leaders.
She was received by a large number of party workers who chanted slogans to welcome her.
"PML-N has only two slogans, one is "vote ko izzat do" or give respect to vote, and second, is 'Wazir-e-Azam Nawaz Sharif' "or Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif"," she said, adding: "Do whatever experiments you want to do; you cannot stop the PML-N from coming back [into power] and Nawaz Sharif from becoming the next prime minister".
Responding to a question, Maryam said that the she remained silent due to "personal reasons". "But it does not mean that my resolve [for civilian supremacy and rule of law] has been weakened or it can be weakened," she asserted.
Maryam also said that there was a ban on airing her [speeches] on the media. "My sympathies are with the media as they have never been in such a bad condition," she added. To another query, Maryam said that her father, Nawaz Sharif, went abroad for medical treatment as his life was in danger.
"Now he is better than before. I don't want to cause him pain, and do not want him to abandon treatment and return because of me," she said, adding that her matter regarding leaving abroad was before the court.
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