Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader ManzoorWasan during an informal media talk hinted that PPP could have anelectoral alliance with PTI in general elections as no party could wincompletely.ManzoorWassan has said that the uproar created by the MuttahidaQaumiMovement-Pakistan (MQM-P) over demarcations ahead of general electionswasunfounded.Speaking to the media outside the Election Commission of Pakistan’s(ECP) office in Islamabad, he said that the MQM-P always had a share inthe government; be it federal or provincial. Wassan predicted that general elections could be held in the country inthe last week of January.
“However, no party is expected to win a clearmajority in the polls,” he prophesied.PPP leader did not rule out the possibility of an electoral alliancewith the PTI.However, he said the party looked weak in the current extremelydifficultcircumstances.Responding to a question as to why he had stopped making politicalprophesies, ex-MPA said jokingly this was because he hardly fell asleepthese days.
Talking to media outside the ECP’s building earlier in the morning, MQM-P leader FarooqSattar complained that the party was deprived of alevel playing field. “We want that next general elections should be freeand fair,” he said, and added, “I have conveyed to the electioncommission my party’s concerns over new demarcations.”Earlier, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had made statements againstthe Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo during the two-daymeeting of the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC).
The meetingwas held in Lahore.He also expressed strong opposition to discussions regarding the futuregovernment with PML-N.He joked that the constitution should be changed to ensure Sharif’spremiership.
