Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari described Pakistan’s general elections held in February as ‘not transparent’. However, the third generation scion of the Sindh-based political party rejected the widely accepted view that the country’s national elections were rigged.
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While addressing a press conference in Balochistan province’s Quetta, the PPP chairperson claimed that rigging was done in every single election against his party. He added that to end the “cycle of rigging’ in elections, politicians need to reach a consensus”.
“The politicians need to agree that the match should be played fairly and the result should also be accepted,” Bilawal added.
He said that the PPP is playing a leading role in election reforms but a number of times, a party or a politician attempts to hinder the process.
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Bilawal cited the examples of election rigging claims being heard in election tribunals. He said that Singh government has done ‘significant’ work in the health sector, vowing to do the same in Balochistan.
He added that his party will provide relief to the people of Balochistan and ensure that they have access to quality healthcare and education.
“The PPP has done a lot of work in the health sector in Sindh as a state-of-the-art hospital is established in Gambat for liver transplants. The hospital in Naseerabad, Balochhistan will be on par with the one in Gambat,” Bilawal added.
The PPP chairperson said that the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) abolition is in the party’s manifesto.
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Meanwhile, addressing the budget session of the National Assembly, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claimed NAB used to carry out political engineering and revenge and defame politicians. He, however, did not name at whose behest NAB does these purported acts of political engineering. But notably, senior NAB officials are former or serving army officials.
The PPP leader said he regrets the lack of consensus on NAB’s abolition.
(With inputs from agencies)
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