Bilawal advises Imran to bring forward ideological activists, not affluent

KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto on Sunday said Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan should bring forward ideological activists from his party rather than relying on affluent people, ARY News reported.

“I would like to advise Imran Khan to bring forward his party’s ideological workers and avoid fielding ATM (Automated Teller Machine) machines as candidates. Your party activists, who are committed to your party’s ideology, can win election for you,” he said while addressing a press briefing regarding Senate elections in Karachi.

He said if Imran would field only wealthy people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and assume that they would buy votes for themselves then issues would surface.

Censuring the PTI chief for not balloting in Senate polls, Bilawal said if he himself would not go to ballot then his party workers would not be enthusiastic enough to vote for his party.

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He said PTI’s position had grown weaker in Karachi, because Karachiites knew that the PTI government had done no significant development work in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

“Imran and Nawaz have wasted the last five years in battle over throne of Raiwind. On the contrary, only the PPP’s government in Sindh has focused on the public issues in the meanwhile,” he said while counting a number of development works done by the Sindh government.

“Our candidates were the best in the Senate polls. So, Alhamdulillah, we have succeeded due to many factors,” he added.