Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has vowed to empower the local government of the federal capital in the interest of common citizens after a Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz(PML-N) candidate was elected as first-ever mayor of Islamabad.
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The Dawn reported that Sharif while addressing PML-N workers in Bahawalpur said that he has a lot of expectations from newly elected local government officials and hoped they would address the issues of the common people.
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Sharif claimed that he had never lied to the people of Pakistan despite being advised to do so in tough times.
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He also lashed out at previous governments for worsening the country's severe electricity crisis.
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The Pakistan Premier also questioned the implementation of a seven-point agenda propagated by the regime of former military dictator General (retd) Pervez Musharraf.
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