Would prefer to form govt with independent candidates if elected: Bilawal
LAHORE (INP): In an interview with Reuters in Larkana, Bilawal said, “You know, lots of independent politicians, probably the highest (number) in our history, are taking part in the coming elections.”
It should be noted that after the PTI was stripped of its iconic ‘bat’ symbol, most of the independents would comprise PTI leaders who are contesting the upcoming elections as independent candidates. Party leader Gohar Khan has also expressed fears of horse-trading and floor crossing.
Positioning himself as an alternate to the PML-N and PTI, Bilawal had recently called on supporters of ex-PM Imran Khan to vote for him while their leader is in jail.
In the 2013 elections, the PPP came second after PML-N, garnering 42 of the 342 seats up for grabs. In 2018, with 54 seats, it was runner-up to the parties of both Nawaz and Imran.
However, Bilawal ruled out joining hands with either contender saying he preferred to form a government with independent candidates.
The PPP chairman spoke to Reuters in an interview during a gruelling four-week campaign that took him to more than 33 towns, while other parties began canvassing just last week.
Youth appeal and ambitious plans to combat climate change form the core of his effort to become the prime minister, which, if successful, would make him its youngest premier since his mother Benazir Bhutto was in office.
If Bilawal won the election, subject to the vagaries of government formation, calculations show he could be just 25 days short of his mother’s age on entering office in 1988, at the earliest.
SARGODHA: Pakistan people’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Wednesday that his party believed in betterment of common people and it strived for uplift of the middle class whenever it came to power.
Addressing a gathering at Bhalwal on Wednesday, he said Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was the permanent ambassador of democracy in the country and he gave his life for the cause of democracy. He said Pakistan People’s Party would win elections on the basis of its services for masses.
Bilawal said the PPP, after getting power in general election, would introduce the youth card for welfare of youngsters, increase the earning and give roof to the poor and depressed segments of society. He said he would continue the mission of his late mother. He said Benazir Bhutto had the mission of serving humanity and welfare of the common man in Pakistan. He said the PPP was the party of the poor and had been struggling to improve the living standards of the poor. He hoped the PPP would win the upcoming elections.
