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MIRPURKHAS \/ MITHI: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has asked his party workers to thwart any attempt to rig the February 8 general elections and not leave polling stations without collecting Form-45.<\/p>\n While addressing a rally at Mirpurkhas\u2019 Gama Stadium on Saturday, the PPP chairman said that masses will reject the parties who are fooling the people and indulging in politics of violence and hatred.<\/p>\n Earlier, Mr Bhutto-Zar\u00addari addressed a public gat\u00adhering in the Chac\u00adhro area of Tharparkar district where he suggested preparing a code of conduct and rule of games after elections to keep politics from turning into a personal enmity.<\/p>\n The PPP leader said a system should be evolved where everyone could contest elections and not point fingers at others after the exercise.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want all the parties to unite after the elections to form a political alliance and work together for the welfare of people.\u201d<\/p>\n He pledged to bury the politics of hatred and division forever.<\/p>\n Mr Bhutto-Zardari criticised PML-N\u2019s focus on \u201cspecific areas within one province\u201d and stated that the party\u2019s supremo, Nawaz Sharif, was not campaigning in Sindh because he didn\u2019t make any contributions to the province\u2019s development.<\/p>\n He added that an individual who is seeking a fourth term as prime minister is \u201clying\u201d about the Thar coal project.<\/p>\n \u201cWho built the Thar coal project?\u201d he asked the crowd, which replied, \u201cBenazir, Benazir\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n He explained that the project was planned to benefit the people of Tharparkar and announced plans to lay a track from Karachi for quality and low-cost travel facilities to the people of the desert district.<\/p>\n He claimed that he is the only politician seeking votes from people, while others are \u201clooking left and right\u201d.<\/p>\n The PPP leader also criticised his other rivals, the Grand Democratic Alliance, saying their candidates are contesting elections in Sindh but are facilitating the PML-N.<\/p>\n About his other rival, the Jamaat-i-Islami, the PPP leader said they were \u201cwaiting for a dictator like Ziaul Haq\u201d to regain power.<\/p>\n He added that supporting the former dictator was the party\u2019s mistake, and \u201cpeople have not forgiven it till now\u201d.<\/p>\n According to a press release by the Bilawal House Media Cell, the PPP chairman expressed gratitude to the people of Chachro and Tharparkar, stating that they had already given their verdict before Feb 8.<\/p>\n He identified inflation, poverty, and unemployment as the three biggest problems and presented the solutions given by the PPP in its election manifesto.<\/p>\n The former foreign minister promised to establish at least one university in each district and improve the public health system with free treatment facilities similar to NICVD, SIUT, and Gambat Medical Institute.<\/p>\n The PPP chairman also vowed not to allow anyone to damage Karoonjhar Hills and warned to cut the hands of those attempting to extract the granite stone from the area.<\/p>\n He appealed to the people of Tharparkar to vote for his \u201cnai soch\u201d on February 8 and support PPP candidates Dr Mahesh Malani, Arbab Lutfullah, Ameer Ali Shah Jilani, Dost Muhammad Rahimoon, Qasim Siraj Soomro and Faqir Sher Muhammad Bilalani.<\/p>\n The candidates also took an oath to serve people without discrimination after winning the elections.<\/p>\n Meeting in Jacobabad<\/strong><\/p>\n Earlier on Friday night, The PPP chairman addressed a press conference in Jacobabad after his planned election rally was called off due to rain.<\/p>\n He claimed that other than the PPP, all other parties were exploiting religion and linguistic issues for their politics.<\/p>\n \u201cWe advocate for a level playing field for all political parties with the aim of free, fair and transparent elections,\u201d Mr Bhutto-Zardari said.<\/p>\n He once again accused Mr Sharif of \u201cusing the police force in Punjab\u201d to harass opponents.<\/p>\n He appealed to people not to waste their vote by supporting independents, as according to him, \u201cthe real contest was between \u2018Arrow\u2019 and \u2018Lion\u2019 [PPP and PML-N]\u201d.<\/p>\n The former minister said inflation, unemployment, and poverty were the most pressing issues, and PPP had framed its manifesto to address them effectively.<\/p>\n The PPP chairman said his party wants to complete the Pak-Iran Gas pipeline project, which his father, Asif Ali Zardari, initiated when he was the president.<\/p>\n \u201cIts completion would benefit the people of Pakistan,\u201d he said and appreciated the positive interaction between the foreign ministers of the two countries to resolve the challenges of security and terrorism.<\/p>\n He also reiterated his promises of doubling the income, providing 300 free electricity units through solar energy and building three million houses for the poor.<\/p>\n The PPP chairman referred to the recent attacks on his party\u2019s candidates in Balochistan and added that politicians and common people were being targeted.<\/p>\n