Pakistan People's Party leader Aitzaz Ahsan Saturday said Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leadership betrayed Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz upon their arrival here in Pakistan. He said Shehbaz Sharif should have attempted to reach the barricades outside the Lahore airport. The PML-N President toured several parts of the city but didn't attempt to reach the airport amid a lukewarm response by party workers.
He asked why PML-N leaders such as Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Khawaja Saad Rafique, and Shehbaz Sharif himself did not reach the airport. He said even other party leaders such as Khawaja Asif, Ayaz Sadiq, Rana Sanaullah and Khurram Dastgir deserted Nawaz Sharif.
He said no one would have stopped them from entering the premises Lahore airport and they could easily have met with Nawaz Sharif. In fact, he said there was a conspiracy against Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz.
He said the PML-N leaders were absent under a well-planned conspiracy and kept themselves away from welcoming Sharif. Even Saad Rafique, who calls himself an ideological worker, was nowhere, while Mushahidullah managed to reach there and should be commended. He claimed the PML-N leadership has forsaken Nawaz Sharif and removed him from the political stage. He compared the betrayal of Nawaz Sharif to Bengal leader Siraj-ud-Daula who was betrayed by Mir Jaffer in the Battle of Plassey against the British forces. Aitzaz said he has never seen such a betrayal in his entire political career which has been meted out to Nawaz Sharif.