File photos of Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.
According to sources, the recently named patron-in-chief of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Bilawal developed differences with his father Zardari and his aunt Faryal Talpur over governance of the PPP.
Allegedly in Dubai as a sign of protest, Bilawal did not agree with the handling of the terrorist shooting incident targeting child activist Malala Yousafzai, nor was he pleased with the follow-up action on the devastating bomb attacks on Shias in Quetta that killed nearly 250 people.
A source told Press Trust of India that Bilawal’s recommendations for ticket allotment to party workers were ignored. At this, his father President Zardari allegedly pacified him saying he would get command over the party once he was “politically groomed”.
It is over this that he allegedly left the country instead of supporting the party before the upcoming general elections, PTI reported.
A source quoted Bilawal as saying, "If I had to vote, even I wouldn't vote for the PPP."
The PPP defended Bilawal’s departure stating “security concerns” as the reason for his exit.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari turns 25 in September, after which he is expected to play a stronger role in the party and country’s politics.
Express News added that owing to security threats, Bilawal had travelled to Dubai and that he would be addressing political rallies and gatherings from London.
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bilawal choose to to dubai is good choice becoz of securitythreats in pakistan to left side poitican,he would be a good politican than imran khan
Live or Die make your choice
This is a country or a dynasty .People are worshiped what progress are we talking about.Over 60 years have passed and our literacy rate is so low.Our so called leaders only know how to plunder,loot and then leave the country and to return under a deal to make more wealth.How many times over are we going to see this.Nations who do not help and mend them self do not deserve to call a nation.What kind of democracy are we talking about,to be left at the mercy off the plunders and looters.Shame is a small word a nation with such vast resources are dying of starvation,homeless and lack of eduction,
Dont make this nation fool any more
One day bilawal is going to find out family truth and will have only 2 options .1 to make his own party 2 and best to join PTI.
hai
Bilawal who.....?
@Patriot: 100% agreed with you. Skipped my mind completely.
However, my comment stands still, i.e. is there no place in Pakistan, where the People's Party of Pakistan can provide their Chairman enough security for him to feel safe? And if that is the truth, then once they "win the elections", would he continue to govern the party from abroad?
@In the know...: Because there is a lahore high court case pending against the president engaging in political activity and prohibiting the use of the presidency for any political meetings etc. so Bilawal can not be there. according to the constitution since he is the head of a political party and needs to be treated as such by the constitutional president who is supposed to be impartial. you seem like a smart enough person to know how this would be an issue.
wish today was first day of Aprl!
Those claiming his sojourn abroad is for security purposes, need to respond to queries why he cannot be safe in the President House, living with his father and enjoying all the security he enjoys. He can stay in Pakistan, in a safe place and fight the fight here, rather than from abroad. Any responders to this?
even that cannot bilawal a hero.
If this is not another topi drama for sympathy votes, then Bilawal has done the right thing. There is a life outside of politics. Salams
There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. -Thomas Jefferson, third US president
Election drama to get votes
I wouldn't trust the Indian newspaper that came up with this story.
Press Trust of India?? Really?!
Track record of Zardari tells it may be effort to make Bilawal a charismatic leader. I have doubt on this move.
gives me hope for the young Bhutto.
i think anyone who knows that his democratically elected grandfather was hanged on trumped up charges, has witnessed his mother, a two time former prime minister assassinated at the hand of barbarians will generally take security threats seriously. If he has in fact left for security concerns, then it is not to say that the OVERALL security situation int he country is not good enough and he doesn't care to improve it. HE will be targeted and that a fact, .the same way shias and hazaras have been, or the targeted killings in karachi. We also know why exactly he will be targeted, for the same reasons his mother was assassinated, i.e. that when they have the courage to speak against extremism.....so a statement that fails to take into account this situation is pretty unfair id say
Bills & his father are planing for the elections 2018 not for election 2013.
Commendable that he is willing to take a stance on important issues such a terrorism and the Shia genocide ignoring political prudence. Political prudence has gotten us in this mess in the first place. ALL parties and Pakistanis who are patriots should support ANY LEADER who is willing to speak up against the plague of terrorism and extremism devastating our country.
The comments on the website below the article claiming this as a political gimmick are ill-founded i feel. please do not let you biases cloud your views. you are doing a dis-service to your fellow Pakistanis who have been victims of terrorism by undermining people who are willing to lend voice to injustices done to them.
Those claiming that this is a political gimmick and staged do not give enough credit to the Pakistanis and need to understand that our population is not as STUPID as you would have people believe; this very thinking has been used by dictators like Ayyub, Zia and Musharaff who dont feel the people can make the right decisions and need to be guided. Go out in rural Pakistan and find that your fellow country men, though financially poor, uneducated and powerless in the face of state maltreatment still end up making rational decisions that benefit them. No short cut to better judgements, let the democratic process continue and see better decisions aggregate at the national level.
“If I had to vote, even I wouldn’t vote for the PPP.” this statement bothers me a little bit. as the chairman of the most popular party, the question of IF i had to vote should not arise. He Must vote if the PPP asks Pakistanis to come out and vote for them.
Bilawal looks like mother but thinks like father
bara jaldi jaag gaya bacha :D lolx alarm lagaya hoa tha elections k time ka ....
Drama ... watch out !!!!
And the PPP drama continues...
a predictable PR stunt from immature politicians!
hahahhahahahahaahhahahaaaa
omg stops to breathe
bwwwahahahahaaaaahahahahhaha
"Quo non Descendum "... "what depths will I not descend "
Another move of ZARDARI of making him hero in the eyes of poor simple people. How Indian media get the news while our media was sleeping.
Oh my god they think we're idiots.
@Independent: Imran Khan himself was foreign educated, an Oxford graduate. :P
. Ladies and Gentlemen : . This is not a case of the Son not agree with Dad and Aunt. Here is the REAL REASON :- . http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-93936-Bilawal-leaves-Pakistan-due-to-security-concerns- . Bilawal leaves Pakistan due to security concerns . ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) patron in-chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has reached United Kingdom keeping in view security concerns, Geo News reported here on Tuesday. . Sources in the PPP said that there were no difference between Bilawal and President Asif Ali Zardari. . The sources said that Mr Bhutto was informed about the security threats and that he could not run election campaign for his party for the upcoming general election. . His mother Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a gun and bomb attack on December 27, 2007 during an election rally at Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh. . My Query : If Pakistan is NOT SAFE for Bilal Bhutto “THE HEIR APPARENT” then how can it be safe for Indian Sportsmen, Sportswomen and the Ordinary Indian Tourist visiting Pakistan for Pilgrimage? . Cheers
He is just a kid, politically speaking. He needs another fifteen yrs to mature in Pakistani politics. When you get something in inheritance, most of the time you end up spoiling it. He got PPP's chairmanship in inheritance. He did not work for it.Most likely he is going to lose it in the next few yrs. It is matter of time.
apple doesn't fall very far from the tree. You can't fool people now.
@Patriotic Sindhi: lol!! u r funny!
If it is true, you are my man Bilawal... Keep it up.
@Jasim: I find your lack of faith...disturbing
This is the last thing the ruling party needed to get buried and out of the forthcoming elections. If this news is true that we can well imagine that we have now seen the last of this ruling party.With the kind of governance they have displayed over the past five years even the most die hard supporters are now having doubts about the current cadre's delivery potential. Though I am surprised as to how can 'educated' people consider bringing in another PM from this party in near future. Beats me.
@Rayan: No, he is joining MQM. { inside story. from very reliable sources}
Now all of a sudden all rightwing parties have full faith in Indian media.
Sounds more like he had a tiff with Madam Tehmina
@XYZ:
---And you believe Bilawal lol. Mr. Musharaff is supposed to get the protocol as an ex-President as per written in the blue books of the govt. Whats wrong with that. He is an international stature leader.
@FN: LOL
Was the junior sad coz he wast allowed to attend the PTI jalsa at Minar-e-Pakistan ? After all he wanted to be a part of history as well.
even if it is false news just to gain votes this topi drama.in Pakistan politics cannot go for ever. Allah is sitting at the top who is the best planner. Maybe something will change in this general elections!!.
Zardari having given up his party political office of co-chairmanship and making his son Bilawal its “patron-in-chief”, it smells of a political ploy. Let's not buy it! However, I doubt the credibility of this news.
and even after this sindh vote for ppp. i feel pity for sindhis.
Reported by times of India. duh!
And please, Bilawal to PTI ain't happening. Not even in a dream, fortunately.
I guess he's protesting because he wasn't allowed to go to the PTI Jalsa =p
@Patriotic Sindhi "Bilawal Zardari Bhutto!!! Jiye Bhutto!! Our next Prime Minister InshAllah!!! So looks like Mohammad Bin Qasim coming to save Pakistan."
Seriously...?
Mere rhetorics from the party lovers would not make a difference. PPP needs strong, progressive leaders who are credible and give the nation real implementable development programs and solve the crisis of power, cost inflation, education and corruption. Otherwise, the opponents will make a clean sweep and it will be too late to rub hands in regret.
We do not know Bilawal. He has only been interviewed, under the watchful gaze of the PPPP hawks. He has been bought up outside Pakistan and does not know how politics is run here. He should speak his mind and say something; for or against what PPPP is doing in the elections.
as Admiral Ackbar would say "ITS A TRAP !"
Rubbish. Another ploy of anti PPP forces who have joined hands to rub the party with both hands thanks to PPP's own making
What a political game it is!
Billawal bhutto is so concerned about malala and shia's killing but he does not care how the PPP government has increased the inflation rate. Which has caused problems for labour and middle class to fulfill their basic needs.The increase in prices of food items, power failures, corrupted party members, fake job-appointments on governmental level huh was he sleeping for last five years?.
another political stunt..PPP highups are trying to present a different picture of bilawal to attract voters from otherside...by this they are trying to show a mature, changed and a different bilawal from his predecessors....
Who cares. no one is voting for them anyways.
@Afzaal Khan: Bilawal IS a hero us! Don't try to believe that everyone loves IK or Nawaz because many of us don't and will support and make sure Bilawal wins again. PPP zindabad.
Bilawal joins PTI.... :P
Most people see conspiracy angle in whatever happens in Pakistan. This might be a genuine tiff and if the reasons mentioned are true then full marks to Bilawal who is young, energetic and appears to highly concerned about the conditions prevailing in the country and not happy with policy adopted by the govt regarding increasing terrorism in Pakistan. However, timing of his departure might hurt the party's cause but would increase his stature as a future leader.
Bilawal has said quite clearly that Musharraf is responsible for the death of his mother, Benazir Bhutto. Not only Musharraf was given a gaurd of honor in 2009 when he left presidency, now that the saviour is back in the country, he is getting security and protocol, that too in Sindh!!!
A good public relations move to hoodwink public opinion., but it will prove futile.
This is nothing BUT just a game to get votes in, so, Pakistan, please be aware do not vote for PPP again. I request again, PLEASE DO NOT VOTE PPP., NEVER EVER AGAIN.
Yes, they have made the history by 5 years of political survival but guys please do not forget that they have made another history and that is, Pakistan was not in such crisis what PPP has put in for the last 5 years.
so please.
thank you.
A.M
To conspiracy theorists; I dont think PPP needs this kind of publicity at this stage.They will be buired alive if this news is correct and continues to linger. But Zardari is expert in doing whatever it takes so things will be settled soon and youngster will be pacified in the name of party, his mother , grand father, whatever.The only question is how much damage would have been done by that time. Personally I will be pleased if this leads to defaet of PPP totally and it is one on one between PMLN and PTI . PPP can re emerg after the break of 5 to 10 years under new leadership.God knows, Pakistan needs this break.
still ain't getting my vote ...
@Amir Nasiruddin: In your dreams, Inshallah. :)
press trust of india !!!! i mean we all know how good indian media is in making up masala news .
Like seriously? I mean he didn't have any argument with his father when they were in the government since 5 years? Now, at the time of election he feels that PPP ruled badly? This is one heck of a drama PPP is using to get votes.
and now Press Trust of India (PTI) tells us the happenings in our president house, maybe they have Crystal ball
Bilawal Zardari Bhutto!!! Jiye Bhutto!! Our next Prime Minister InshAllah!!! So looks like Mohammad Bin Qasim coming to save Pakistan.
good publicity drama :D
Shame. Now trying to earn votes through Bilawal. Names doesnt matter, open your eyes behind every name is PPP that was in power. Why was he so quite in past 5 years. This is drama in my opinion.
PPP is being hijacked by those elements which never the part of PPP ideology. Original PPP have pride itself in intellect and now PPP is nothing more than doing compromise to stay in power. Names like Faryal Talpur and Mr. Tappi, who remain behind the scene, are the real force behind the party.
Drama
Well played by Bhutto Zardair co. A public display of distancing of Bilawal from Zardari will earn him sympathy which mean more vote for PPP which is their specialty.
Another dramatic event in making.
Fake News. Inshallah He Will Be New PM on the Pakistan. Inshallah
Bilawal bhutto to join PTI......
Topi drama.....
He must be attending IK lectures in Oxford :-) where he highlights the fault in foreign educated Pakistani leaders e.g. Benazir "They accept, do as romans do and therefore Do not try to CHANGE"
hahahaha....we so believe it :)
A new gimmick
Go on Bilawal, join PTI. I mean seriously! :)))
A new Gimmick..
A a new gimmick, at verge of PPP 5 year Government.
Purely concocted. How would anyone have access to this kind of information? Trying to picture Bilawal as a rebel - total fail.
Another drama and a conspiracy to get votes of anti-Zardari supporters of PPP via Bilawal. Dont fall for it!
You aint fooling no one.
Imagine if Bilawal joins the PTI.
Come on.... Dont make the people feel that Bilawal has differences from Zardari...So he would be better BHUTTO leader... SO VOTE bilawal... THEY ALL ARE SAME
This had to happen one day......