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'Zardari to take care of you as he does of me', Bilawal assures Punjab lawmakers |
2024-03-09 |
[GEO.TV] In a bid to woo Pakistain Moslem League-Nawaz (PML-N) parliamentarians ahead of the presidential poll, Pakistain Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has assured that his father Asif Ali Ten PercentZardari ![]() , who is poised to become the next president of Pakistain, will take care of Punjab’s politicians as he does of him. With the ruling coalition on the same page regarding Zardari as the joint candidate, the presidential election is set to take place in the assemblies tomorrow (Saturday). Speaking to the members of the PML-N-dominated Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Assembly, Bilawal said that he was there to ask the parliamentarians to vote for his father in the March 9 presidential election. "Asif Ali Zardari will take care of you as he takes care of me," he said while heaping praise on the seasoned politician, who will serve the president’s post for the second time if he wins. Bilawal, the former foreign minister, said that Zardari "meets everyone like he meets his own party's representatives". The young politician said that the position of the president is a representative of the Centre — the federal government. Speaking on the occasion, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz thanked Bilawal, saying that her party politicians would have voted for Zardari, who is the jointly agreed candidate of coalition partners, even if the PPP chairman hadn’t asked for it. Maryam, the first woman chief executive of the province, also said that the PML-N and the PPP were competitors in the general elections but serious parties put aside their differences for the betterment and interest of the country. "Asif Ali Zardari is our presidential candidate. All of us will vote [for him] tomorrow," she added. |
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