The car of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif was surrounded and attacked by an angry mob yesterday. People abused the president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Lahore, an area that was once considered the stronghold of his party.
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Citizens in Lahore attacked former Prime Minister Shehbaz's vehicle, broke the windshield, and abused him, Pakistan's Express News reported on Thursday. The report said Shehbaz was aiming to connect with the people of his constituency in the upcoming campaign. Was visiting the city in connection with the elections. However, the mob stopped his vehicle and attacked him. Videos of the incident went viral on social media.
Shahbaz said this after the video went viral
Shahbaz said he met representatives of the people who stopped his vehicle and listened to their concerns. He wrote on Twitter, 'Yesterday some people from my constituency stopped my car and told me their problems. Today I invited their representatives, heard the problem of their area, and assured them to solve it. According to me, politics is a form of worship.
Shehbaz is the younger brother of three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Before becoming the Prime Minister, he had also been the Chief Minister of the country's most populous and politically important province three times.
The Shehbaz-led coalition federal government vacated office on 9 August. His government has been heavily criticized for skyrocketing inflation and political turmoil. The Election Commission of Pakistan announced last month that the general elections would be held in the last week of January 2024.