LAHORE: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has rejected speculation that he was ready to be ‘selected’, adding that a “political family in Lahore” has a past in this regard.
He was speaking to media along with Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Siraj ul Haq at the party’s headquarters in Mansurah. “This process of being selected is not in our veins but another political family in Lahore has a history,” he said, taking a jibe at the PML-N.
Bilawal rebuffed when asked whether Maryam Nawaz took a dig at him by saying that “another selected was being prepared.”
“I have arrived here at the Jamaat-e-Islami’s headquarters and am speaking to you with Siraj-ul-Haq. If I wanted to comment on the PML-N’s vice-president, I would have asked my party’s vice-president to comment on it,” he said.
A few days ago, Maryam Nawaz responded to a tweet and said that a “substitute of the selected is being fostered.” However, she did not directly reveal who she was referring to when she used the term.
The PPP chairman further added that his party was ready for the long march and had already booked rooms in Islamabad for the purpose.
In response to a question, Bilawal said people whose decisions proved wrong should review them. “It was the PPP’s position that [the PDM] should contest the Senate polls and by-elections. By doing this, we gave the government setbacks,” he said.
Jamaat Islami chief Siraj-ul-Haq called for a single institution that would hold everyone accountable. He said this is the first government which is asking for the chief election commissioner’s resignation.
He said there was a need for electoral reforms, saying that without them, we would witness events like Daska by-polls again. The two leaders agreed to working together on electoral reforms and mutual issues.
