{"id":45155,"date":"2024-01-08T01:53:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T01:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/bilawal-takes-on-sharifs-pledges-ppps-inclusive-governance\/"},"modified":"2024-01-08T01:53:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T01:53:05","slug":"bilawal-takes-on-sharifs-pledges-ppps-inclusive-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/bilawal-takes-on-sharifs-pledges-ppps-inclusive-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Bilawal takes on Sharifs, pledges PPP\u2019s inclusive governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><figure class=\"media  sm:w-full  w-full  media--stretch    media--uneven  media--stretch\"><figcaption class=\"media__caption  \">Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday targeted the Sharif family during his address to the people of Lahore\u2019s NA-127 constituency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the last 30 years, a party [referring to PML-N] has ruled Lahore, but its condition is worse than any other city in the country. That party, in fact, represented the elite and not the common man; therefore, it served only the former\u2019s interests. On the contrary, the PPP is a party representing all segments of society and works for their welfare,\u201d he said, urging Lahorites to vote for the PPP this time to change their destiny.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bhutto-Zardari blamed former military dictator Gen Ziaul Haq and former ISI chief Gen Ha\u00ad\u00admid Gul for imposing the PML-N on Punjab to keep the PPP away.<\/p>\n<p>He said that his party\u2019s foundation was laid in Lahore, and his mother, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, had chosen this city on her return from exile in 1986.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote-level-1\">\n<p>Expresses hope for PPP\u2019s success in Lahore, emphasising the party\u2019s roots and pro-people manifesto<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe want the people to give us a chance in the upcoming polls, and the PPP will not disappoint them and will deliver through its 10-point pro-people manifesto,\u201d said Mr Bhutto-Zardari, flanked by PPP\u2019s Faisal Mir and Aslam Gill.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1803647\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>When asked whether he still complained about the level playing field in the polls, the PPP leader said, \u201cWe don\u2019t want to complain about a level playing field at the moment, as our total focus is on our campaign, telling the people that the PPP will resolve their problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This week, Mr Bhutto-Zardari launched his election campaign in NA-127, where the PML-N is li\u00ad\u00adkely to pitch its deputy secretary-general, Attaullah Tarar. Pakis\u00adtan Tehreek-i-Insaf\u2019s Senator Ijaz Chaudhry and Advocate Sardar Latif Khosa have also submitted their papers for this constituency.<\/p>\n<p>When asked how he fancied his chances in this Lahore constituency, given PPP\u2019s not much popularity here, Mr Bhutto-Zardari said, \u201cVictory or defeat is in God\u2019s hands\u2026 However, my party\u2019s political journey had begun in Lahore, and I am also starting my political journey from this city. I am hopeful that people will vote for our manifesto.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that his party is standing behind Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa in getting his order of Feb 8 polls implemented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCJP Isa has declared that the elections will be held on Feb 8, and no one can change it. We tr\u00ad\u00adu\u00adst him and are standing behind him to get his order impleme\u00adn\u00adted,\u201d Mr Bhutto-Zardari said in a talk with journalists on Saturday during his visit to NA-127.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to a question about a resolution of the Senate calling for the postponement of elections, the PPP chief sounded categorical, saying: \u201cWhether such a resolution is passed by the Senate, UN, or OIC, the elections will be held as per the announced schedule of Feb 8.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, January 7th, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday targeted the Sharif family during his address to the people of Lahore\u2019s NA-127 constituency. \u201cFor the last 30 years, a party [referring to PML-N] has ruled Lahore, but its condition is worse than any other city in the country. That party, in fact, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/01\/07074126b0d5de0.png?r=074441","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}