‘Imran voted for PPP in Senate’

MIRPUR MATEHLO: The Chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, has said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan "voted for our candidate for Senate deputy chairman, despite saying he would not,” adding Imran will also support their party in future.

Addressing the media here on Friday, Bilawal said Karachi's mayor and the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation are under the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. The MQM leaders are now fighting amongst each other and not doing any work nor letting anyone else do so, he added. He said everyone knows who is behind the politics of violence in Karachi and it is the first time after many years that the people of the city will be independent to elect candidates of their own choice. "I am also preparing for elections and will contest against all parties," Bilawal added.

He further alleged that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was harming democracy to cover his faults. However, he said, there is no threat to democracy. All Nawaz Sharif wants is to save himself, he added. Regarding the government’s amnesty scheme, Bilawal said it seems like a Panama amnesty scheme, introduced to save themselves.

Addressing the party workers at the residence of PPP MPA Ali Nawaz Mahar in Ghotki, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said their opponents were benefiting the rich by introducing tax amnesty schemes and exempting them from giving taxes and paying debts.

Bilawal alleged the government was handing over state-owned companies like the Pakistan International Airlines and the Pakistan Steel to their close aides.

Stating that the PPP has always worked for the poor, Bilawal said Zulfikar Ali Bhutto took land from the feudal lords and gave it to the poor. He said the PPP initiated the Benazir Income Support Programme to help poor women, but some forces were trying to snatch their rights by ending the programme.