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\u2022 Says PPP is being targeted as it can fight terrorism, fix missing persons\u2019 issue
\u2022 Urges people to embrace peaceful means
\u2022 Blames \u2018politicians of Lahore\u2019 for inflation, unemployment, poverty<\/p>\n
KHUZDAR: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday called on the people of Balochistan to embrace peaceful means to address the province\u2019s challenges, emphasising that violence offered no solutions.<\/p>\n
Speaking at a public meeting in connection with the party\u2019s election campaign in Khuzdar on Thursday, Mr Bhutto-Zardari also boasted of his Baloch lineage. \u201cBaloch blood runs in my veins,\u201d he said, referring to the origin of his father, former President Asif Ali Zardari.<\/p>\n
He also stressed that as the son of Benazir Bhutto, \u201cI can feel the pain of martyrs\u2019 heirs\u201d.<\/p>\n
He insisted that the PPP was the only party that could tackle both internal and external challenges facing the country.<\/p>\n
However, he voiced concerns that certain forces were attempting to undermine the PPP and did not want it to assume power \u201cbecause they know Bilawal is aware of the issues and pains of Balochistan. And if he is elected prime minister, he will not only fight against terrorists but will also resolve the missing persons issue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey know that if Bilawal becomes the prime minister and a jiyala becomes a chief minister in Balochistan, all their conspiracies will fail,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n
PPP Balochistan President Cha\u00ad\u00adn\u00adgez Jamali and other party leaders like Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, Nawabzada Naimat-
\nullah Zehri, and Agha Shakeel Ahmed Dur\u00adrani also spoke on the occasion.<\/p>\n
Highlighting his party\u2019s past contributions, Mr Bhutto-Zardari recalled Asif Zardari\u2019s efforts through initiatives like the China-Pakistan Economic Corri\u00addor (CPEC), claiming that Nawaz Sharif later changed the direction of the project under his tenure that derailed Balochis\u00adtan\u2019s from the path to prosperity.<\/p>\n
Praising the party\u2019s \u201cfearless and unbiased\u201d politics, he said, \u201cWe do not bargain on the rights of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n
He pointed out that if the PPP-led initiatives like the 18th Amendment, NFC Award and the Aghaz-i-Haqooq-i-Balochis\u00adtan Programme had been fully implemented, all conspiracies being hatched in and around Balochistan would have ended.<\/p>\n
He said that the real problems of the people of Balochistan are unemployment, poverty and inflation and claimed that the PPP was the only party that could address these issues.<\/p>\n