Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to start PPP’s election marketing campaign with a rally in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh on December 27
- Memon says “PPP will run its marketing campaign on positivity, not negativity”.
- Ex-minister says uniting Pakistanis is want of hour.
- Bilawal heads “vital” board assembly to debate plan of motion.
The Pakistan Peoples Occasion (PPP) mentioned Saturday it was burying “outdated methods of politics” and heading into the final elections, set to happen on February 8, 2024, with a “no hate” motto.
With lower than two months left within the much-awaited polls, the celebration plans to formally launch its election marketing campaign in full swing with a mass gathering in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh on December 27, which is the date of former PPP supremo and ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s demise anniversary.
The announcement comes a day after the Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP) issued a schedule for basic polls.
“PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has made it clear: PPP will run its marketing campaign on positivity, not negativity; we must bury the outdated methods of politics — demeaning each other and taking revenge,” the celebration’s senior chief, Sharjeel Memon, instructed a press convention in Karachi.
Memon, a former provincial minister, was talking to journalists after the celebration’s “vital” board assembly — held underneath Bilawal’s management — wherein the PPP’s prime brass mentioned the plan of motion for elections.
The politicians knowledgeable the media that PPP had already began the general public communication marketing campaign and after the announcement of the election schedule, the celebration chief reviewed the nation’s political state of affairs.
“Some political leaders are nonetheless demanding revenge, whereas those who wished to take motion towards their rivals are sitting in jail themselves,” Memon mentioned, as different leaders on the presser quipped, as they focused Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif.
Memon added that the PPP chief has made it clear that the nation’s drawback isn’t taking revenge from one’s opponents, however the redressal of the nation’s points — skyrocketing inflation and unemployment.
“PPP is speaking about bringing folks collectively, whereas different political events are spreading negativity. The necessity of the hour is for Pakistanis to unite; this may result in the nation’s improvement,” he mentioned.
The ex-minister mentioned that Bilawal will lead PPP’s election marketing campaign by holding rallies everywhere in the nation.
Taking a jibe on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Memon mentioned that “some events” submitted petitions within the courts to search out an escape from the elections.
Talking on the event, Senator Sherry Rehman reiterated PPP’s long-held demand for a stage taking part in subject for the celebration and the conduct of elections on the designated date with none delay.
A report revealed in The Information has mentioned that the PPP is ready to concern the listing of their candidates for the polls mid of subsequent week, with Bilawal set to be the celebration’s candidate for prime ministership.
PML-N can also be anticipated to finalise the listing of all its candidates subsequent week for the upcoming polls, The Information reported.
Up to now, no political celebration has introduced its listing of candidates for the polls — slated to happen on February 8, 2024.
Nonetheless, PML-N has mentioned that its supremo Nawaz — with a lifelong ban on holding any public workplace nonetheless an impediment — is the candidate for the prime minister’s slot for a fourth time.
Based on well-placed sources, the PML-N has concluded its work on greater than 70% of constituencies for selecting candidates; subsequently, its listing of the primary batch of ticket-holders could also be made public tomorrow (Sunday).
The celebration’s parliamentary board performed 10 conferences to finalise candidate names from varied areas and is anticipated to finish the duty on Monday (December 18).