Bilawal to contest 2018 elections from Benazir's home constituency

hareem01 · September 15, 2014, 11:25am

Now this is a bummer!

Bilawal to contest 2018 elections from Benazir’s home constitutency - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

Why does it have to be the grandson and son of previous rulers? Why couldn’t they choose someone else from the party?

Let’s just bid goodbye to democracy for once and for all…changed the name from “democratic” to “sultanate” and give allegiance to the army (or azad adliya) and let this Bhuttos, sharifs, and khans rule the city-states.

Ali_Syed · September 15, 2014, 11:32am

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This is Pakistani politics and not confined to Bhutto dynasty. We have sharif family too who have aspiring future leaders.

hareem01 · September 15, 2014, 11:35am

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I know...that's why added some more to the initial post.

Shamraz_Khan · September 15, 2014, 2:47pm

Bilawal to contest 2018 elections from Benazir’s home constituency

Good for him. Pakistani politics need new and young blood.

Bilawal to contest 2018 elections from Benazir’s home constitutency - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

KARACHI: Chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari announced on Monday his decision to take part in the 2018 general elections from late Benazir Bhutto’s seat of Ratedero.

“I will start my parliamentary politics from my family seat during the next general elections,” Bilawal said to reporters at Bilawal House, days ahead of his 26th birthday on September 21.

Ratedero’s NA-207 seat from Sindh is known to be PPP’s stronghold, popularly known as late Benazir Bhutto’s home constituency. Bilawal was 19 when he was named the chairperson of PPP, Pakistan’s largest political party.

Benazir Bhutto, twice elected prime minister, was killed in a gun and suicide attack after an election rally in Rawalpindi on December 27, 2007. No one has yet been convicted of her murder.

Read: Bilawal’s dilemma

While the Bhutto scion had earlier distanced himself from politics, in an interview with BBC earlier this year Bilawal said that the assassination of his mother in 2007 changed things. He launched his political career on Benazir’s fifth death anniversary, in December 2012.

He said he had felt that the murder of Benazir would “wake the country up” — but that this awakening did not come. “I didn’t choose… it chose me”, he had said, referring to his involvement in politics.

He said he wanted to take on more responsibility in the PPP. “I never saw myself as being in politics,” he said.

“Now I think it is time for me or there is the opportunity for me to start taking on more responsibility. But I will be focused more on party politics and working with every level of the party — I don’t want to parachute my self in from the top. I want to work with the grassroots, with every level of the party across the country and my aim is the 2018 election.”

At the launch of his political career, Bilawal’s spokesperson Aijaz Durrani had said, “This is his political career’s first public meeting. A new Bhutto is emerging today in the shape of Bilawal who has vision of his mother and grandfather and people are excited on his launching,” he said."

“Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, following in the tradition of generations, will prove to be an important turning point for democracy and politics,” Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf had said in a statement.

“This journey will continue forward.”

hareem01 · September 15, 2014, 3:31pm

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All hail to King Joffery...errr I mean Bilawal.

devilish_angel · September 15, 2014, 3:52pm

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bachay trained ready to loot the leftover country

Shamraz_Khan · September 15, 2014, 3:57pm

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[admin] Kindly contribute to thread if you can otherwise don't post one liner jokes. Every thread is not a joke thread & PA is serious discussion forum. All non-sense from threads will be removed.[/admin]

Captain1 · September 15, 2014, 3:59pm

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Good for him, I am sure he will win hands down from his mama's constituency.

hareem01 · September 15, 2014, 4:05pm

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Can you please merge two threads together...I posted the same news with a different title in the morn.

Decent_6Chora · September 15, 2014, 4:11pm

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So what was wrong with my comments Shamraz? You owe me an explanation. Perhaps you did not like the REAL picture? Let me repeat with different words

These are borne leaders and we are born ghulams. All hail new AAQA. Of course AAQA has decided to contest the election and no one in their right might can think that someone can beat him. Not in #GhulamIbnEGhulam](http://www.paklinks.com/gs/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=GhulamIbnEGhulam) awam. He will keep on winning till we are #ghulams](http://www.paklinks.com/gs/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=ghulams) like this

AAQAS come in all shapes, sizes and age for example Zardari, Nawaz, Altaf, Fazlu, Imran. They all are AAQAS and he is just going to be a new addition.

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muqawwee123 · September 15, 2014, 4:11pm

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That means Moen Jo Daro will continue to carry more charm than nearby LaRkana

There is an old saying in Sindhi ‘Athai Naano ta Ghum LaRkano’. If you got money, go visit LaRkana. So, before discovery of Moen Jo Daro in 1920s, LaRkana got some charm and was famous for its trade like Dubai today. Question arises, what PPP gave to LaRkana during PMships of ZAB and BB, President-ship of AZ and Chairmanship of this new fresh blood Bilawal? Last I heard LaRkana in news for some blasphemy crisis and attacks on temples, killing of innocent people in the name of religion. Hindu traders of the city get kidnapped on daily basis… and PPP’s Neros are busy in playing flute of ‘sab acha hai’.. ‘Democracy is the best revenge’

Anwer_Pasha · September 15, 2014, 4:21pm

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Shamraz_Khan · September 15, 2014, 4:24pm

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How can democracy be at fault? If people keep electing same people than you can’t blame democracy. Btw, unlike many people here, I have huge respect for AAZ. I think he was a statesman unlike many politicians of today & did many great things during previous PPP govt for Pakistan (I can see shoes coming my way :D) & does not get credit for it. Its unfortunate that right wing media, ex CJ and army did not let him governed they way he probably could have, but thats the sad story of Pakistan.

mahool · September 15, 2014, 4:24pm

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Ankal… Yeh bollywood ki filmon say bahar ajaye … udhar to bohat kuch hota hia… :chai:

muqawwee123 · September 15, 2014, 4:25pm

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First of all Aashi’tosh Gawarikar is working on this project for so many years. Its not driven by Sindh Festival.

Secondly, just making a dead city popular is nothing when your governments make popular and prosperous cities dead. Read my post no. 11 for LaRkna’s prosperous past which is still alive just in Sindhi folklore.

waleedhbk · September 15, 2014, 4:28pm

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Uncle and your trolling

muqawwee123 · September 15, 2014, 4:28pm

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I'm referring to Loolhi LangRi democracy which is truly termed as 'Intiqaam' by his highness Bilawal. I would respect this cunning shrewed thug if it by any way helped people in constituencies. jaisa faqeer ye khud hai, waisa uss ne unn logon ko bana dia hai jo isse vote de ke aage le aate hain.

Anwer_Pasha · September 15, 2014, 4:32pm

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Jab bhi aata hay mera nam teray nam kay sath
Janay kion log meray nam say jal jatay hain
[RIGHT]جب بھی آتا ہے مرا نام ترے نام کے ساتھ
جانے کیوں لوگ مرے نام سے جل جاتے ہیں
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BruceWayne · September 15, 2014, 4:32pm

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and that's why democracy is flawed....

Anwer_Pasha · September 15, 2014, 4:34pm

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[RIGHT]گرمئی حسرتِ ناکام سے جل جاتے ہیں
ہم چراغوں کی طرح شام سے جل جاتے ہیں[/RIGHT]