KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has claimed that the PPP is going to register a great victory in the next general elections, which may be a surprise to those who have always predicted doom for the party.

“One of the surprises for our opponents will be Karachi, where the people of the city have finally carved out a major share for the PPP and 2018 general elections will be landmark for the megalopolis,” he told PPP leaders and office-bearers of Karachi’s six districts at Bilawal House here on Thursday. Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari was also present.

Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari urged the party workers to focus on the next general elections and that the entire party should work under an integrated strategy.

The PPP chairman said that by-election from PS-114 Karachi was a test case where the PPP had fielded a strong candidate and that PPP Karachi division general secretary Saeed Ghani was deeply rooted in the constituency.

Those who were present at the meeting include central information secretary Maula Bux Chandio, PPP Sindh president Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, general secretary Waqar Mehdi, information secretary Senator Aajiz Dhamrah, finance secretary Mukesh Chawla, Rashid Rabbani, Dr Asim Hussain, Senator Saeed Ghani, Deputy Speaker Shehla Raza, MNAs Abdul Hakeem Baloch, Shahjahan Baloch and Shahida Rehmani, MPAs Javed Nagori, Murtaza Baloch, Sajid Jokhio, Shamim Mumtaz and Erum Khalid, Salman Abdullah Murad, Lal Bux Bhutto, Humera Alwani, Murtaza Wahab, Noman Shaikh, Raja Abdul Razzak and others.

Published in Dawn, June 30th, 2017

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