The Parliamentary Board of Muslim League-N is conducting interviews of candidates for the distribution of party tickets.
More than 400 women gathered at the meeting to give interviews to the Parliamentary Board. Each of the N-League women gave details of the work they had done for the party and the time and hardships they had put in.
According to We News, Madiha Niazi, a worker from Lahore, got up and said, “I am a common political worker, I am neither someone’s niece nor nephew,” implying that she has no reference. She went on to say that party workers like her are not paid any heed and their sacrifices are ignored conveniently.
Madiha Niazi complained, “We are not even being listened to fully,” to which Maryam Nawaz angrily said that you should be quiet and sit down, other women have to be heard too.
Madeeha Niazi replied, “I have not come to sit here, I have come to relate all my sacrifices for the party, if you want to throw me out, throw me out, I will not leave without completing.”
When Madiha Niazi finished her speech, several other women also started narrating their sacrifices for the party.
According to PML-N sources, before this fiasco, senior leaders sitting in the parliamentary board praised the work of some women, including Hina Parvez Butt, Saba Sadiq and Uzma Bukhari. A woman who came for the ticket of reserved seat got up, asking, “What are the sacrifices of Hina Parvez Butt for the party? We stood with the party in difficult times, surrounded the courts, remained outside the NAB, raised slogans for the leaders, during this time we were penalized by the then authorities but we stood with the party.”
She went on to criticise the elitism of the mentioned women “They come wearing branded clothes and good makeup, they have no services to offer.”
She continued: “We poor workers have been there in front of courts during the trials of party leaders but how many times has Hina been spotted there? We should not be underestimated.” The woman demanded to be given the same status as those who wear branded suits.
Tehmina Daultana also jumped in and had a heated debate with Maryam Nawaz.
Maryam asked Tehmina Doultana, a stalwart, “What are your services for the party,” to which an infuriated Tahmina Doultana replied, “What do you want? What should I do at this age, you want me to die?”
At this point, Nawaz Sharif had to intervene to control the situation, saying, “You women are our strength.” He told the women that the party is moving forward because of them, calling them the party’s pride. “All of us went to assemblies because of you, you are an asset to the party.”
Hina’s response
Hina Parvez Butt took to Twitter and refuted that any such conversation never happened at the meeting.
یہ خبر جھوٹ ہے، اس میں کوئی صداقت نہیں۔ اجلاس میں کسی بھی خاتون نے ایسی گفتگو نہیں کی۔ مہربانی کر کے اپنی خیالات کو خبر کا نام مت دیں۔۔ https://t.co/SA7iL2lniT
— Hina Parvez Butt (@hinaparvezbutt) December 22, 2023
She stated categorically that none of this happened.
کچھ چینلز نے گزشتہ روز مریم بی بی اور تہمینہ دولتانہ کے حوالے سے misreporting کی، چینلز کو چاہیے کہ اپنی credibility خراب کرنے کی بجائے اپنی خبر کی تھوڑی تصدیق بھی کر لیا کریں۔ تہمینہ دولتانہ ایک سینئر سیاستدان ہیں اور شاید مریم بی بی ان کی سب سے ذیادہ عزت کرتی ہیں۔شکریہ عاصم… pic.twitter.com/eLKLdUW0pW
— Hina Parvez Butt (@hinaparvezbutt) December 22, 2023
