{"id":61752,"date":"2024-02-19T02:25:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T02:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/bilawal-rejects-power-sharing-formula\/"},"modified":"2024-02-19T02:25:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T02:25:05","slug":"bilawal-rejects-power-sharing-formula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/bilawal-rejects-power-sharing-formula\/","title":{"rendered":"Bilawal rejects power-sharing formula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><strong>\u2022 Reveals he was offered premiership for the latter two years<br \/>\u2022 Says Zardari to be PPP candidate for president\u2019s slot<br \/>\u2022 Dar terms public disclosure inappropriate, saying talks  \u2018still on\u2019 to form govt with PPP, MQM-P<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>THATTA: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari revealed on Sunday that he has rejected a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1813447\/pml-n-ppp-make-first-formal-contact-to-form-govt\">power-sharing formula<\/a> wherein the prime minister\u2019s office would be shared between two parties and declared that former president Asif Ali Zardari would be the PPP\u2019s candidate for president.<\/p>\n<p>However, PML-N leader Ishaq Dar, while stressing that it was not appropriate to divulge details about talks between the parties vying to form the next government, insisted that the PPP chairman had made the time-sharing formula public but \u201cthat was just one aspect and there can be more formulas\u201d.<\/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\/1815115\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Addressing a Yaum-i-Tashakur (Thanksgiving Day) rally in Thatta to celebrate the PPP\u2019s election victory in Sindh, Mr Bhutto-Zardari said, \u201cI was told [by PML-N] that let us be the prime minister for three years and then you can take the premiership for the remaining two years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said no to this. I said I do not want to be a prime minister like this,\u201d he said. \u201cIf I become the prime minister, it would be after the people of Pakistan elect me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Without taking any names, Mr Bhutto-Zardari said the party had decided that it would move forward with \u201cthose who have asked for its votes\u201d and would not seek any ministries.<\/p>\n<p>He said that his father, Mr Zardari, would be the PPP\u2019s nominee for the presidential slot, insisting that the former president would play his role to defuse political tension.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo control the fire spreading in the country, we have decided that Zardari will be our candidate for the presidential election. And when he takes up the post, he will put out this fire, and will save the Centre and the provinces,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the country needed a political party that talked about people\u2019s problems, adding that the brewing economic and political crisis had divided society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat should happen is that politicians and all political parties should think about the people of this country instead of focusing on their personal benefit,\u201d Mr Bhutto-Zardari stressed.<\/p>\n<p>The former foreign minister claimed that a PTI-backed candidate was made to win against a PPP leader. He said that he also had all the Form 45s available with him and would approach the appropriate forum but \u201cwouldn\u2019t burn his own house down or divide the country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said PPP had decided to collect the election complaints of party workers from all over the country and raise them at appropriate forums. \u201cIf we are unsuccessful, we will come to you and protest together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parties should \u2018stay within system\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr Bhutto-Zardari appealed to all the political parties to \u201cstay within the system\u201d and work for the country\u2019s betterment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if we want to move ahead like this and spread this division of hate and politics, where someone tries to divide you along religious lines, then someone else would try to divide you along ethnic lines and someone else will try to divide through sectarianism,\u201d he said, according to a <em>Dawn.com<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1815265\">report<\/a>.<\/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\/1814856\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He also challenged Grand Democratic Alliance chief Pir Pagara and JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to bring all their Form 45s to him and if proven wrong, he would contest polls against them the next day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have won two seats, out of which I will vacate one for by-elections,\u201d he said. \u201cHow about you come and contest against us on that seat? Let\u2019s see what your worth is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), Mr Bhutto-Zardari said his party had reservations over the elections and would be taking them to the appropriate forums.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026[W]e believe the way forward is for all political parties to put aside their personal interests for the interests of the people of Pakistan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur history has shown who benefits from chaos and division, and the people of Sindh remember the destruction wrought by those who encouraged and brought about the worst dictatorship our country has ever seen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must not let such a situation arise again. I appeal to all political parties to think of the people. Put aside your differences. The challenges we face are too immense, and history will not judge us kindly if we care more for our ambitions than the fates of over 230 million people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dar on more formulas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reacting to PPP chairman\u2019s remarks, PML-N leader Ishaq Dar said the plan to form a government with PPP and MQM-P was \u201cstill on\u201d as he pointed out that there was no other choice available to them.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>Geo News<\/em>, the former finance minister said the committees of both political parties had held four rounds of meetings so far but nothing was finalised as yet, <em>Dawn.com<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1815265\">reported<\/a>.<\/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\/1814360\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNone of the committee members of both parties will make anything public till it isn\u2019t final,\u201d Mr Dar said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI receive calls on a daily basis to find out about the progress but I am morally bound to not say anything till it\u2019s finalised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PML-N leader termed Mr Bhutto-Zardari\u2019s revelations of a power-sharing formula merely a fraction of the dialogue held between the two parties so far. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s appropriate to divulge any more detail about this. Bilawal made the time-sharing formula public but that was just one aspect and there can be more formulas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, February 19th, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Reveals he was offered premiership for the latter two years\u2022 Says Zardari to be PPP candidate for president\u2019s slot\u2022 Dar terms public disclosure inappropriate, saying talks \u2018still on\u2019 to form govt with PPP, MQM-P THATTA: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari revealed on Sunday that he has rejected a power-sharing formula wherein the prime minister\u2019s office 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