PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday urged PML-N supremo Mian Nawaz Sharif to contest the upcoming general elections on the strength of his own ideology and mandate rather than that of the “administration”.
Bilawal targeted Nawaz during a press conference in Quetta Saturday, saying: “We want to work together with everyone but side-by-side I am in an election campaign. I will not run my election campaign by saying ‘Imran Khan or Nawaz Sharif for prime minister,’ … I have ideological differences, they and I have our separate history and I will follow my ideology and manifesto during the election.
“It is my demand from Mian sahib, too. that he should contest the elections on [the strength and basis] of his ideology and mandate instead of the administration.”
He urged Nawaz to ensure that the ballot was accorded its due respect instead of “getting it insulted” as it would be better for “him, me and the country”.
Without naming anyone, he also criticised the establishment, saying: “It is not possible that the entire Pakistan is told in 2018 that ‘Khan is your messiah and you have to only support him because the rest are bad.
