Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to begin PPP\u2019s election campaign with a rally in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh on December 27
\nIslamabad
\nThe Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) said Saturday it was burying \u201cold ways of politics\u201d and heading into the general elections, set to take place on February 8, 2024, with a \u201cno hate\u201d motto.
\nWith less than two months left in the much-awaited polls, the party plans to officially launch its election 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\u2019s death anniversary.
\nThe announcement comes a day after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued a schedule for general polls.
\n\u201cPPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has made it clear: PPP will run its campaign on positivity, not negativity; we will have to bury the old ways of politics \u2014 demeaning one another and taking revenge,\u201d the party\u2019s senior leader, Sharjeel Memon, told a press conference in Karachi.
\nMemon, a former provincial minister, was speaking to journalists after the party\u2019s \u201cimportant\u201d board meeting \u2014 held under Bilawal\u2019s leadership \u2014 in which the PPP\u2019s top brass discussed the plan of action for elections.
\nThe politicians informed the media that PPP had already started the public communication campaign and after the announcement of the election schedule, the party chief reviewed the country\u2019s political situation.
\n\u201cSome political leaders are still demanding revenge, while the ones who wanted to take action against their rivals are sitting in jail themselves,\u201d Memon said, as other leaders at the presser quipped, as they targeted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif.
\nMemon added that the PPP chief has made it clear that the country\u2019s problem isn\u2019t taking revenge from one\u2019s opponents, but the redressal of the nation\u2019s issues \u2014 skyrocketing inflation and unemployment.
\n\u201cPPP is talking about bringing people together, while other political parties are spreading negativity. The need of the hour is for Pakistanis to unite; this will lead to the country\u2019s development,\u201d he said.
\nThe ex-minister said that Bilawal will lead PPP\u2019s election campaign by holding rallies all over the country.
\nTaking a jibe at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Memon said that \u201csome parties\u201d submitted petitions in the courts to find an escape from the elections.
\nSpeaking on the occasion, Senator Sherry Rehman reiterated PPP\u2019s long-held demand for a level playing field for the party and the conduct of elections on the designated date without any delay.
\nA report published in The News has said that the PPP is set to issue the list of their candidates for the polls mid of next week, with Bilawal set to be the party\u2019s candidate for prime ministership.
\nPML-N is also expected to finalise the list of all its candidates next week for the upcoming polls, The News reported.
\nSo far, no political party has announced its list of candidates for the polls \u2014 slated to take place on February 8, 2024.
\nHowever, PML-N has said that its supremo Nawaz \u2014 with a lifelong ban on holding any public office still an obstacle \u2014 is the candidate for the prime minister\u2019s slot for a fourth time.
\nAccording to well-placed sources, the PML-N has concluded its work on more than 70% of constituencies for choosing candidates; therefore, its list of the first batch of ticket-holders may be made public tomorrow (Sunday).
\nThe party\u2019s parliamentary board conducted 10 meetings to finalise candidate names from various areas and is expected to complete the task on Monday (December 18).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to begin PPP\u2019s election campaign with a rally in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh on December 27 Islamabad The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) said Saturday it was burying \u201cold ways of politics\u201d and heading into the general elections, set to take place on February 8, 2024, with a \u201cno hate\u201d motto. With less than two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-374896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n