According to Bilawal, the PML-N’s stronghold in Lahore, Noon League constantly seeks to evade elections

Shamsa Butt

Bilawal observes Alvi entangled in a judicial dispute about constitutional violations

The political rivalry between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), who were formerly partners, is intensifying as the polls on February 8 draw closer. This is because Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that his rivals “always try to run away from polls.”

The former foreign minister launched his pre-election salvo during the PPP’s rally on Wednesday in the PML-N stronghold of Lahore.

The PPP leader attacked his erstwhile ally in the vehement address, claiming that he would not let the party led by Nawaz Sharif to “run away from polls.”

As the country gets ready to cast ballots in the general election, the PML-N’s low-key campaigning has drawn criticism since it delays the delivery of candidate tickets. The PPP, on the other hand, appears to be in full swing.

Bilawal has increased the stakes in the contest for the next polls by accusing the PML-N of “always running from elections” in their stronghold of Lahore on Wednesday. He added, “I heard the PML-N ruled the NA-127 constituency, but I can’t see its visibility here.”

“Noon League cannot avoid the election process. Where is the PML-N now that we are on the ground? As he went on to criticize the Nawaz-led party for not doing enough to promote electioneering and for “undermining the electoral process,” Bilawal pondered.

“It’s impossible for me to even see the PTI [Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf led by Imran Khan] here,” he blasted the beleaguered party, which had only earlier in the day received its recognizable “bat” electoral emblem thanks to a judicial ruling.

Similar to the PPP, the PTI expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of equal opportunities. But as time goes on, the PPP chairman—who was appointed Pakistan’s youngest foreign minister last year—has turned his attention to his campaign “to win.”

The PPP, which ruled Sindh alone for nearly ten years, is currently fighting for control of the other three provinces as well as the federal government in an effort to install Bilawal as the party’s prime minister.

“The arrow will prevail. I predict that the PPP will win. After winning, we will transform the course of this city, province, and nation,” declared Bilawal, who this month received his party’s prime minister nomination.

The head of the PPP also promised to put in a lot of effort and take on the role of the country’s “voice,” promising to see to it that the average person’s salary increased. In addition, he pledged to implement welfare programs for lower-class workers and laborers.