In an interview with Independent Urdu, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said it was difficult for him to join hands with the PML-N if it came into power after the February 8 polls.

“I will not become foreign minister if Nawaz comes to power again, I can’t participate in the same old politics. If he breaks away from that and creates an environment that benefits democracy in the country, then I can stand with that,” he said.

“Both major political parties, other than PPP, engage in a politics of hatred and division, and we’re not inclined to join that,” he said. “It feels like having to choose between the devil and deep blue sea,” he said, adding that he hoped PPP was able to form its own government.

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