Maryam opposes use of religion for politics.

ISLAMABAD -- Vice President of Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) Maryam Nawaz on Thursday said that the reliAgion card should not be used for political gains.

Maryam said that religion is a personal matter but it does not remain a personal matter when you say in rallies that voting for PML-N is a sin and voting for Imran is righteous.

The PML-N leader exApressed these views while talking to media persons afAter the hearing of her appeals in Avenfield corruption refAerence before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) here.

She also asked Chairman PTI Imran Khan to dissolve the provincial assemblies of PunAjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa if he wants fresh general elecAtions. She added that Khan rules two provinces and he cannot escape by holding the federal government responsiAble for everything.

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Criticizing the PTI Chairman for allegedly using religion for the sake of his personal poliAtics and perverting religious beliefs and interpretations, Maryam said that using reAligion for your personal moAtives is very bad and she has suffered this and Ahsan Iqbal received a bullet. In response to a question regarding PML-N leader Javed Latif's comAments accusing the PTI chief of attacking the basic prinAciples of Islam by supportAing the Ahmediyya communiAty during his tenure, Maryam avoided directly commentAing on Latif's comments and instead said she was against using or involving religion in politics, or for personal interAests. She also said that Imran Khan was launched by hosAtile forces to destroy politics, state institutions and moral values. She termed Imran 'fitAna (chaos), anarchy and PakiAstan's destruction and added that he was funded by the enAemy forces. The PML-N leadAer said that Khan brought the country to the brink of disasAter and it would take severAal...