Bilawal to step into electoral politics on Dec 27
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will begin his electoral politics career and public relations campaign from Larkana on the date of his mother Benazir Bhutto’s death anniversary – December 27, this year.
Starting January 2013, Bilawal will tour several districts across the country along with party’s central leadership and will hold meetings with party leaders and members.
His tour will begin from the Lyari area of Karachi, said PPP sources who added that President Asif Ali Zardari has been holding meetings with party’s senior leadership regarding country’s political situation and other party affairs.
The president also held extensive talks during his Multan visit, after which he directed Bilawal to take responsibility of party’s crucial matters.
A committee, consisting of former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, Jahangir Badar, Amin Fahim, Khurshid Shah, Naveed Qamar, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Manzoor Watto, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Faryal Talpur and eight other senior party members, has been constituted to assist Bilawal.
The committee, along with the party chairman, will decide on the strategy to be adopted during the upcoming elections.
All party leaders have been directed to initiate public relations campaign immediately and all federal and provincial ministers, MNAs, MPAs and senators have been directed to ensure their presence at least two days in offices in all cities, districts, tehsils, towns and wards. They were directed to contact the people and try to solve their problems.
According to sources, the PPP government will also issue a report on the party’s performance during the past five years in power. The central party leadership has issued directives to the information department in this regard.
Here comes the heir. Kneel down everyone and hail the prince royal and then his son and then his grandson and then…
What a blessed nation we are!
