Terming his party’s manifesto remedy for all the crises ahead of the nationwide polls, Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has blamed ‘powerful lobbies and bureaucracy’ for the country’s long-standing problems.
Bilawal was interacting with students of the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology Islamabad campus on Monday regarding his party’s manifesto “Chuno Nai Soch Ko (Choose new thinking)”.
Promising strict measures to end the control of elites and powerful lobbies, the PPP chairman reiterated his vow to provide relief to the underprivileged segments after abolishing all subsidies to the superior class of society.
“Inflation, poverty, unemployment and climate change are key issues being faced by the country which needed to be addressed on a priority basis,” said the PPP chief, adding that the economic crisis posed a serious risk to Pakistan.
He said that he and economic experts prepared the party’s manifesto, Elaborating on expected difficulties in implementing his plan, Bilawal admitted that “powerful lobbies create problems and a powerful reaction will come from the powerful sector after the abolishment of ministries.”
The politician explained his experience while being part of the previous Pakistan Democratic Movement government as a foreign minister. “I spent 18 months in the federal government and knew about the mentality of Islamabad’s bureaucracy.”
Blaming the bureaucrats for hindering the country’s progress, Bilawal said, “They don’t want to work nor do they want anyone else to do something.”
