"Our call to respect the vote demands respect for the people of Pakistan. This country does not belong to a few people; it belongs to the nation of 220 million people," he said.
The Pakistan Muslim League-N supremo (PML-N) was addressing a rally in Mansehra in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Party officials had earlier that the public gathering would kick-off around 2pm at the Mandi Mawaishian Ground. However, owing to gusty winds and rain, the arrangements at the venue were adversely affected and the event was delayed.
The organiser of the event, Federal Religious Affairs Minister Sardar Mohammad Yousaf, said earlier that a 120 by 40 feet stage has been set up at the venue for the party leadership.
Yousaf, who has been elected to the National Assembly from the area, had added that "come rain or sunshine, the show will go on".
He claimed to have made arrangements of over 100,000 people and vowed to prove this to be Hazara Division’s biggest public gathering.
Nawaz says has no competition with Imran, Zardari
The PML-N supremo and daughter have been addressing a string of rallies across the country recently as part of their 'respect the vote' campaign following Nawaz's disqualification by the Supreme Court last year.
Addressing a rally in Sadiqabad on Wednesday, Nawaz said he had no competition with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan and Pakistan Peoples Party Asif Ali Zardari.
Addressing the participants, he said that it appeared as if Sadiqabad had been awakening today, the heart of south Punjab had been awakening. "I am very lucky for one does not get such respects from the people easily."
People's court exonerated Nawaz Sharif, says Maryam in Mansehra
In February this year, Maryam, addressed a social media convention of the party in Mansehra District.
It was the first of its kind event as well as Maryam's first rally in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
"The court of the people exonerated Nawaz Sharif. One after the other, the people's court gave its verdict, as it did in Lodhran," she had said at the event.
