On Monday, PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz reiterated that she will live in Pakistan, criticising the prime minister for issuing tickets to what she referred to as "millionaires and billionaires." 

Talking to media, the PML-N leader said that "People from every province in Pakistan have stood up to the ruling party.

"He [Imran Khan] used to say that he has been struggling for the past 22 years. Has he found anyone worth giving the [Senate election] ticket to [within the PTI] in all these 22 years?"

She lashed out at the prime minister, saying that he was always criticising other political parties but had himself issued tickets to "millionaires and billionaires."

Maryam said that former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gillani is the Pakistan Democratic Movement's (PDM) joint candidate, adding that the Opposition was trying to elect stellar leaders to the upper house. 

"The PML-N awarded Senate tickets to party workers and those who have struggled for the party. Nawaz Sharif did not issue tickets to any billionaires," she said, taking a shot at PM Imran Khan and the PTI. 

Continuing her tirade against the government, Maryam said that the Opposition alliance was silent but members of the ruling party were issuing statements one after the other. 

"Keeping the situation in mind, I fear the no-confidence movement will begin alongside the Senate elections," she said. 

The PML-N vice president said that she would not request the government to take her name off of the Exit-Control List. "Maryam Nawaz will not go abroad, you will have to go," she said, referring to the government. 

Maryam said that she was due for a minor surgery which could not be performed in Pakistan. "I do not wish to go anywhere, I want to live in Pakistan. Even if someone comes to my house and requests me to leave the country, I won't," she vowed.