Responding to PML-N quaid Nawaz Sharif’s speech at his jalsa in Mansehra on Sunday, Pakistan People’s Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said the former prime minister had disrespected the sanctity of the vote in his entire political life, and now he was trying to trick the public by raising the slogan ‘respect the vote’.
Speaking to PPP workers during a membership drive, the PPP leader took a jibe at PML-N supremo, saying, “If Nawaz is competing with aliens rather than politicians, he should head to space with a rocket.”
In an earlier public gathering, Nawaz had said that he was not contesting against the PPP or the PTI but against aliens, in an apparent reference to the powerful security and judicial establishment of the country.
Bilawal said that the PML-N leader was changing his narrative after every 15 days. “PPP speaks on the real issues of the masses. Nawaz is more interested in doing business than politics,” he said, further adding that “Nawaz and Imran are only focused on getting power and are not concerned about the basic demands of the people.” The PPP leader said that his party has a tradition of battling against the injustice and tyrants. “We have learned from the battle of Karbala to always remain on the side of oppressed and we will pursue this till our last breath.”
Published in Daily Times, May 7th 2018.
