LAHORE
Former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari will arrive in Lahore this week to hold consultations with the party office-bearers regarding the inactive and vacant posts of the party in central Punjab and Lahore.
A strategy to task the organisations, working under the umbrella of the PPP, with starting a public contact campaign for the upcoming general elections. Given the new constituencies, strong candidates will be fielded in Punjab, the PPP sources have said.
Asif Ali Zardari will meet various political figures in Punjab. During his stay in Lahore, various political personalities will announce joining the PPP. Asif Zardari will also hold meetings with the PPP office-bearers in Punjab. He will also review the PPP’s political situation in Punjab.
On the other hand, the PPP has decided to bring the election postponement issue to the Senate. The decision was taken in a meeting of the PPP’s top leadership. The top PPP leadership and legally expert politicians were consulted before taking the decision.
The party will present a bill in the Senate against the postponement of the elections. The party’s leadership will continue considering other legal options too against the postponement of the elections. The PPP leadership has termed the postponement of the elections against the law and a loss for the party in the current circumstances.
The top leadership of the PPP supported the holding of the election within the time stipulated by the Constitution. “The PPP’s position is strong in its constituencies. The timely elections are beneficial for the party,” the party sources have said.
