Ruling out the possibility of delay in the February 8 general election, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said the polls will be held on time, come what may.
Talking to journalists outside the Supreme Court on Monday, the former foreign minister said: “The election will be held on February 8 [as per schedule] even if [they] get a resolution passed from the United Nations (UN). He asked the nation to prepare for the upcoming elections in the country.
His remarks came days after the Senate approved a non-binding resolution seeking a delay in the general elections, set to be staged next month, drawing strong criticism from mainstream political parties.
Responding to a question, Bilawal asked if the words of a few senators have more weightage than those of the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa.
Bilawal hoped the PPP would sweep the upcoming elections, including in Karachi and Hyderabad. He vowed that his party would eliminate inflation, unemployment and poverty in the country.
To another query, he hoped the PPP would get justice in the presidential reference pertaining to a death sentence awarded to former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Bilawal further said that it was an opportunity to fix the history, adding that all the stakeholders should admit their mistakes. He also hoped that the CJP and other judges would make decisions based on justice.
“We don’t think there is enough transparency in our system to award capital punishment to anyone,” he added.
