Islamabad:
Ahead of the 2024 general elections, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Tuesday he will not seek “political retaliation” from opponents, putting an end to politics marked by hostility and division if elected prime minister, ARY said. News.
Speaking at a public meeting in Chiniot as part of the PPP campaign for the 2024 general elections, the former foreign minister stated that the country cannot entrust its future to “traditional and old” politicians as the “country struggles with an ongoing economic crisis, unprecedented. poverty and unemployment.”
Highlighting a departure from “traditional and old” politics, Bilawal Bhutto stated that he was running solely to “bury the politics of revenge and hatred”.
“There should be political differences, not political enmity,” he asserted, pledging to set up a truth and reconciliation commission. “I respect everyone and believe in consensus,” he said, according to ARY News.
Bilawal went on to say that the PPP was the only party that has consistently delivered on its promises to the people. “My party has never believed in revenge politics,” he noted, using his mother, Benazir Bhutto, as an example, who stated that “democracy is the best revenge.”
“I have experienced such oppression and I would never want any political party worker to endure such hardships,” he said.
The general election will be held on February 8.
In a major 'breakthrough' for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz ahead of the national polls, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Mehr Muhammad Waseem announced his withdrawal in favor of PML-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz, said Geo. News.
The election campaigns of all political parties, equipped with palliative manifestos and promises, are in full swing across the country in the run-up to the February 8 elections. PML-N and PPP are eyeing the Prime Minister's office and desperately trying to convince voters to bring them to power.
Moreover, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) also suffered a blow in Lahore when its local officer bearers, including the chairman, vice-chairman and head of the Zakat Committee, along with loyalists on Monday (January 22) joined Nawaz's led party.
At the formal launch of the election campaign, Maryam also addressed the PML-N election campaigners in the NA-119 constituency on Sunday.
Following the return of party supremo and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Pakistan, PML-N believes the country has received a much-needed boost considering its dismal performance during the 16-month tenure of the Shehbaz Sharif-led coalition government.
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