As Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif headed to Balochistan, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Tuesday advised the three-time prime minister to keep his focus on Lahore and address the problems his party faced in Punjab.
“Mian sahab has been suggested to visit other provinces. I would suggest that he should stay in Lahore and focus on its problems,” said the PPP chairman during a presser in Mithi.
The PPP chief urged PML-N to do politics on its own instead of relying on others.
The former foreign minister made these comments after PML-N announced to jointly contest polls with Muttahia Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P).
Nawaz is also visiting Balochistan to meet several political leaders, including from the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP). There is also a possibility of a seat adjustment agreement with the party.
Nawaz’s visit in Balochistan to bore bad results
The politician, during the press conference, questioned what political party would run away from by-elections if they had a government in a province and centre and had the backing of institutions.
“They ran away from the local body election. I don’t know what the fear was,” Bilawal said, adding that the Nawaz-led party should have focused on Balochistan first.
The politician said that the PPP was kicked out of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) and criticised for taking votes from BAP.
“If BAP was bad yesterday, they will be bad today as well. The same result will come out in Mian Sahib’s visit.”
It should be noted that the PML-N and BAP have had a bitter past, as the party was founded in 2018 by political dissidents from Nawaz’s party as well as those from the PML Quaid.
PML-N Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz had also criticised the PPP leadership for cosying up to the Balochistan-based party, while PML-N was at loggerheads with BAP on the position of opposition leader.
However, Nawaz’s party forgot everything and nominated Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar as the interim prime minister.
Bilawal, during the presser, also said Pakistan cannot prosper amid the politics of backbiting, accusations and revenge.
He insisted that there is a huge gap between Islamabad and the people across the country.
“Those who sit in Islamabad know less about ground realities. We don’t look left and right, we look towards the people,” the PPP leader said.
