LAHORE, OCT 28 (DNA) – Ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz termed news regarding differences among Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders as baseless and said that everything is going smooth in the party.

Maryam Nawaz said that the proof to send her to prison is “missing” and that the victory in the September by-election was evidence that people still stand by her and her party.

“Prisons, disqualifications, sham trials, house arrests, court cases been there, done that,” she added.

Maryam Nawaz hesitated to directly address whether she had ambitions to become prime minister, saying it was her family’s decision that she take the party’s reins.

Until 2012, she had quietly managed the family’s philanthropic Sharif Trust, rising to political prominence only when she helped run her father’s re-election campaign in 2013. Since then, she has managed to sideline her cousin Hamza Shehbaz, long considered a potential standard-bearer, who is now conspicuous by his absence from rallies and party meetings.

Talking about her uncle Shehbaz Sharif, who is a three-time chief minister of Punjab, Maryam said: “He’s the most competent person. He’s my hero. I love him to death.”