'Bilawal Bhutto will be NA opposition leader soon'
Makhdoom Shahbuddin confident that the young Bhutto will be elected to the National Assembly.
PPP patron-in-chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. PHOTO: AFP
MULTAN:
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Patron-in-Chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will soon be appointed opposition leader in the National Assembly after winning the elections, PPP President of south Punjab chapter Makhdoom Shahbuddin said on Monday.
Shahabuddin was talking to the media at the Multan Press Club, accompanied by the entire South Punjab PPP leadership. His words echoed recent media reports that suggest Bilawal will be elected as a member of the National Assembly – possibly from NA-204 Larkana – after the seat is vacated by Former Sindh law minister Ayaz Soomro.
Shahabuddin added that the young Bhutto would eventually progress from opposition leader to prime minister of Pakistan in next general elections.
Welcome to Project Bilawal
Though he was officially ‘launched’ last year, the young chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party only entered the political realm on Friday with a speech in which he directly took on his party’s political competition for the first time.
In so many ways, 25-year-old Bilawal is a reflection of the party that he has inherited. Both are in a transitional phase, which can be very long and awkward affairs requiring a lot of patience, investment and getting used to. Bilawal has been a work in progress – despite his title, despite expectations, and despite many feeling that he has been around for a while (after all, his political career is still technically a few months old.) It is too early to judge him, and certainly too early to write him off – as many had already done.
Read the detailed analysis here.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Patron-in-Chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will soon be appointed opposition leader in the National Assembly after winning the elections, PPP President of south Punjab chapter Makhdoom Shahbuddin said on Monday.
Shahabuddin was talking to the media at the Multan Press Club, accompanied by the entire South Punjab PPP leadership. His words echoed recent media reports that suggest Bilawal will be elected as a member of the National Assembly – possibly from NA-204 Larkana – after the seat is vacated by Former Sindh law minister Ayaz Soomro.
Shahabuddin added that the young Bhutto would eventually progress from opposition leader to prime minister of Pakistan in next general elections.
Welcome to Project Bilawal
Though he was officially ‘launched’ last year, the young chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party only entered the political realm on Friday with a speech in which he directly took on his party’s political competition for the first time.
In so many ways, 25-year-old Bilawal is a reflection of the party that he has inherited. Both are in a transitional phase, which can be very long and awkward affairs requiring a lot of patience, investment and getting used to. Bilawal has been a work in progress – despite his title, despite expectations, and despite many feeling that he has been around for a while (after all, his political career is still technically a few months old.) It is too early to judge him, and certainly too early to write him off – as many had already done.
Read the detailed analysis here.