Bilawal to be candidate for next prime minister: Nafisa Shah

LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party central secretary information Dr Nafisa Shah on Wednesday said that party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari would be the candidate for prime minister after upcoming general elections.

She said this while addressing the media in a meet the press organized by the Lahore Press Club (LPC).

She said the PPP had a deep relationship with the press club and Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto several times visited the LPC. She said it was the PPP which implemented Wage Board Award for the journalists.

Nafisa said that Lahore was the base camp for the PPP and the party could never forget the sacrifices of the LPC for democracy especially during the dictatorship of General Zia-ul-Haq. "It is fort of democracy and its members know the sanctity of the vote," she added.

She said that it was the PPP which introduced constitution of 1973 and several memories related to that period could be recalled today. She was of the view that the party was once again in the process of its rebirth.

The PPP always struggled for democracy and its narrative was for the people, she added.

To a question, she said that PTI chairman had failed in implementation of its manifesto of accountability in the province where his party was in power.

PPP leader Ch Manzoor Ahmad supported Nafisa Shah in answering the questions of the journalists while PPP leaders Faiza Malik, Barrister Amir and LPC president Azam Chaudhry were also present.

Later the LPC president thanked the guests for visiting the club.