Overview
- PML-N leaders cited tallies showing wins in 12 of 13 contested seats, including six of six National Assembly races and six of seven in the Punjab Assembly.
- In a Lahore address to newly elected lawmakers, Nawaz Sharif said voters rejected a politics of lies, abuse and chaos in the by-polls.
- Nawaz labeled Imran Khan’s backers as “bigger criminals” than the PTI founder and demanded accountability, while avoiding naming specific institutions.
- He contrasted his tenure’s low inflation and distance from the IMF with what he called economic and diplomatic damage under PTI, and he praised Shehbaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz for recovery efforts and service delivery.
- He accused PTI of a hollow boycott by pointing to candidates such as Omar Ayub’s wife contesting, and he highlighted wins the party says it secured even in PTI strongholds like Haripur.