KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday termed the appointment of Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif as PML-N president a ‘controversial’ decision.
Speaking to media during his visit to a PPP membership campaign camp here, Bilawal said the Punjab chief minister has to answer for the allegations against him in the Model Town massacre case and many other financial scandals. “He has to answer for the allegations against him in Multan Metro Bus project and Ashiana Housing Scheme,” he said.
Bilawal also slammed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, stating that the public was not at all concerned with the elder Sharif’s disqualification. “People are not concerned that why Nawaz Sharif was ousted from the premiership … they only want elimination of unemployment, poverty and terrorism,” he added.
He claimed that only his party can make Pakistan a prosperous and developed country. “The current government is not concerned about the problems of the masses. It is only the PPP which talks about the problems of the common man,” he said.
The PPP chief also challenged PML-N’s newly appointed interim president Shehbaz Sharif and PTI Chairman Imran Khan to contest election from Karachi. “Both will face worst defeat if they contested election from Karachi. I hope people of Pakistan will support PPP because it is the only political party which speaks about public issues and tries to resolve them,” he said.
Published in Daily Times, March 1st 2018.
