Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari opened up on Friday about being instructed to withdraw the no-confidence motion.
Speaking to media in Karachi, Bhutto-Zardari said, “The city [Karachi] played a significant role in paving the way for the PPP in the local body elections. The people of Karachi are hard workers and deserve the facilities. The people will cast for his party on February 8."
"The alliance between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) will reap benefits for us [the PPP] instead of harm," he stated.
Recalling the events that transpired during the vote of no-confidence motion, Bhutto-Zardari said: “Ahead of the vote of no-confidence motion, we were asked to withdraw the vote of no-confidence motion against the former premier [PTI chief]. It was said that we were ready for the elections. If it was a real help, such a request would not have come.”
لائیو: چیئرمین پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی بلاول بھٹو زرداری ڈائنو سفاری پارک، کراچی کے دورے کے بعد میڈیا ٹاک کررہے ہیں۔ https://t.co/iU9c7B53Tw
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"There was a need of the hour to make Shehbaz Sharif the country’s premier,” he maintained.
The former foreign minister admitted the country is facing severe economic hardships. “We wanted to overcome the political and democratic crises in the country,” he said.
Giving his take regarding the possible alliance with JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, he said, “We can join hands with Maulana Fazlur Rehman or even contest against him in the elections..”
– PPP will win elections –
Few days back, PPP senior leader Murad Ali Shah predicted on Wednesday that his party will win the elections.
Addressing a press conference in Karachi, Murad said: ‘’The PPP will snatch the level-playing field in the upcoming elections. We [PPP] will emerge as the country’s biggest political party''.
The former Sindh chief minister recounted the contributions made by the PPP. ‘’We came up with the world’s biggest project in terms of constructing the houses,’’ he maintained.
He lavished praise on former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. ‘’The PPP chairman had raised the voice for rehabilitation," he stated.