Asking his party workers to start preparations for the upcoming elections, President Asif Ali Zardari has claimed that he is the spiritual son of Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. He said that he was a follower of Bhutto and would lead the PPP, the party that he co-chairs now, to astounding success in the coming elections.
He has said that the next general elections would be held on time which he claimed would be transparent and free, and expressed confidence that the next general elections would see PPP form up government in all the four provinces, including Punjab.
He was speaking to the local people at Larkana and Khairpur on Sunday where he listened to their problems and issued on the spot orders to solve them. He directed the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) workers to start preparations for the upcoming general elections.
He said that the opponents of the party have panicked after seeing PPP’s popularity.
The PPP co-chairman reassured that the elections would take place in time and the PPP’s reconciliatory politics would continue. He praised the party workers for their sacrifices for the party.
He also asked the people to keep close watch on the development activities in their areas. The President expressed the confidence PPP will sweep the upcoming elections as it has served masses following the vision of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto. During his talks with Sindh MPAs Nawab Wasan Khan and Manzoor Wasan, he also expressed his satisfaction at massive development of Sindh, in the form of many mega projects alongside a major decline in unemployment.
Earlier, the president also interacted with locals of Naudero and after enquiring about their problems, issued on-spot orders for their relief. The president advised Sindh Law Minister Ayaz Soomro to spend more time in Larkana to help resolve the problems of the people. Speaking on the occasion, he said that history was a witness to the degrading conditions of human life while many politicians had merely limited themselves to TV politics. He said that PPP had formed its government amid the blood of its martyrs. On this occasion, he announced that he would personally sit in Punjab government after forming the next government there. President Zardari said Shahbaz Sharif is was in power in Punjab only due to his kindness. “Had I ever wanted, I could have even refused easily the government in Punjab to Mian Nawaz Sharif,” he added. He said Benazir Income Support Programme was working successfully to reduce poverty. President Zardari said concrete measures were being taken to reduce power load-shedding by implementing long and short terms plans. He hoped that the power shortage crisis would be resolved soon. Affirming that the national politics was within his foresight, he announced that this political war would continue at all times, assuring that elections would be transparent and fair. He scoffed at those who had conspired against former PM Yousaf Raza Gilani to dethrone him but said that he had become a “new PPP loyalist”. He also talked about surviving the intense heat and torture of jails he had suffered which was “nothing compared to prevalent spell,” quipping that he even had the keys of his former jail cell in his possession.
I’m the spiritual son of ZAB: Zardari
