Bilawal banking on PPP’s ‘track record’ to clinch election

Abida Shaheen

Karachi: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday sounded hopeful to win the majority in the next general elections on the basis of “amazing performance” of his Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in Sindh that would lead it to form governments both in the province and the Centre despite its “character assassination” and a “campaign to tarnish its image”.

While Mr Bhutto-Zardari didn’t share any details about the electioneering strategy to bring PPP to power at the Centre, given its lack of a support base and mandate in Punjab, his close aide and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah believed that the party will be among the frontrunners in the country’s most populated province in the upcoming elections.

Both claims from the PPP leaders came a day after their coalition partner, the PML-N, ruled out “a major seat adjustment” with like-minded parties in Punjab, setting the tone for the upcoming electoral battle by announcing that it would field candidates in all national and provincial constituencies in the province.

The SEZ in Dhabeji is being built under public-private partnership with an investment of more than $5 billion with hopes to create more than 150,000 jobs.

The elections are around the corner. I invite youngsters and the business community to support PPP for growth and development.

Syed Murad Ali Shah said “there’s a consensus in the party that Mr Bhutto-Zardari would be our candidate for the PM and you would see he would be the next PM of Pakistan within the next few months.”