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PPP stands united, Bilawal rules out reports

KARACHI: Ruling out reports of rifts within the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) ranks, party’s patron-in-chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday claimed in a tweet that the party is united.

“Anyone claiming otherwise and speaking against the leadership is no friend of the party,” said Bilawal.

By TICKER
February 16, 2015
KARACHI: Ruling out reports of rifts within the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) ranks, party’s patron-in-chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday claimed in a tweet that the party is united.

“Anyone claiming otherwise and speaking against the leadership is no friend of the party,” said Bilawal.




The statement on social media comes after the reported differences with his father, former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari.

Party stalwart and former home minister Sindh, Zulfiqar Mirza had also fanned the rumours circling in the local media about differences between the top leadership of the PPP.

In an explosive interview to Geo News last week, Mirza had claimed the PPP was being run as 'a one-man show'.

"Asif Ali Zardari is running the Sindh provincial government like his personal business," he said while speaking in the “Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Key Saath” show.

Mirza had also claimed during the interview that some 'cronies' of Zardari wanted to keep Bilawal away from politics.

“All this was against the principles of Benazir Bhutto and I believe Bilawal feels the same way,” he said.

The outspoken politician accused the PPP leadership of also personally benefiting from such policies.

The PPP chairman also used a Latin phrase on Twitter, “Et tu Brutus?” often used to question a good friend's loyalty.