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PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday said the country could no longer afford politics of \u201cbusiness as usual\u201d and it was time for a \u201cnew dawn\u201d for Pakistan.<\/p>\n
He made the remarks on social media platform x after addressing a rally in Lahore\u2019s Jati Umra. In the post, Bilawal thanked his supporters for braving the cold to see him.<\/p>\n
\u201cPakistan can no longer afford the politics of \u2018business as usual\u2019, where it is always the poor who are asked to sacrifice, whilst the privileged few reap the benefits,\u201d Bilawal said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can no longer afford the politics of division and hatred that continues to divide us. We can no longer afford the politics of convenience, where the will of the people is suppressed by backroom deals that empower whoever is the new \u2018flavour of the month\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou will not stand for it. I will not stand for it. The people of Pakistan will not stand for it. And all power must flow from the people. Together we can usher in a new dawn, and build a Pakistan that works for everyone,\u201d the former foreign minister and the PPP\u2019s prime ministerial candidate<\/a> said.<\/p>\n Addressing the rally in Lahore, he said the PPP would put up a strong fight against its political opponents from NA-125, which has been won by the PML-N in the past.<\/p>\n He said the PPP would give a message to all \u201cpolitical forces\u201d that the party was contesting from every constituency of the country to form the next government.<\/p>\n Calling on PPP workers to work day and night, he said the PPP did not believe in politics of mudslinging and would take its manifesto and vision to the masses of Punjab.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to convince the people of Raiwind and Punjab that if you want a government of the common folk, the poor and the farmers [\u2026] then only this party of martyrs can accomplish that and represent the people instead of the PML-N and PTI,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Bilawal added that \u201cthe PPP will fulfil its promise if it hopefully gets its chance\u201d. The PPP chairman also laid out and explained the party\u2019s 10-point manifesto to the crowd.<\/p>\n