Lahore: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and its supporters kept social media platform Twitter abuzz with live updates and statements painting the homecoming rally of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a positive light. The rally remained a popular topic of discussion as #GTRoadRally was among the top 10 trends on Twitter. Former PM’s daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif tweeted,? “Just spoke to my father. He said he has never in his political life witnessed anything like that. The passion and fervour simply unbelievable”. Other PML-N lawmakers who live tweeted the rally were Railways Minister Saad Rafique, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, State Ministers Marvi Memon and Talal Chaudhry. Dismissing concerns expressed by those opposing Sharif’s decision to proceed with the rally, she tweeted that Sharif had been voted into power by the people and could be sent home only by the people. Activist Jasmine Afridi? noted that there were only two political parties in Pakistan, PML-N and the establishment. “Rest are pressure groups and mercenaries. #HumSherHain #GtroadRally,” she tweeted. Journalist Farrukh K. Pitafi? was impressed with the crowd size. “This is Islamabad. Not the strongest support base of PMLN & look at the turnout. Convoy is yet to reach the heartland of PMLN support,” he tweeted. Published in Daily Times, August 10th 2017.