The country was not treated well and the decision-makers still needed to reflect on their actions, PML-N President Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday, a week after twin court decisions favoured his political Imran Khan.

“The country, which was progressing, has been pushed into a ditch,” he told party leaders in Lahore. “Those making the decisions need to think again.”

Amid the legal battles, former prime minister Imran Khan and his PTI got major relief last week when an Islamabad judge overturned his illegal marriage conviction while the top court awarded the former ruling party more parliamentary seats.

Both cases were considered a major blow to the coalition government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Shari as many believed the decision would end the treasury benches majority in the National Assembly.

Sharif, who has been calling the shots in the party, stated that the people’s concerns should be addressed and they should get relief.

In May, he was reelected the PML-N president as senior party leaders urged him to take up the reins after general elections. Many believed that Sharif’s leadership would revive the party.

While speaking about the high electricity prices, he said that no one can pay the utility bill as the basic need has become a “calamity for everyone.”

He claimed that the PML-N government had ended load-shedding and controlled the electricity rates during his tenure and the electricity bills were lower. Since 2018, the PML-N president alleged that the country has faced difficulties and the poor have been left behind.

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The former prime minister has been speaking on the same wavelength over the past few months.

While addressing the PML-N’s Central Working Committee in Lahore earlier this year, Sharif named former jurists involved in his apparent ouster from public office.