Former president Asif Ali Zardari has said that coalition parties are standing alongside Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the wake of prevailing challenges being faced by the country.

Addressing the media today with PM Shehbaz, PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and other allied party leaders, Zardari said: “We will use [all our strength] whenever the need arises, will give them electoral and even international help when needed.”

He also suggested that the country could be a force multiplier for China if they uplift agricultural techniques, fix canal linings and make a dam.

“China imports $5 trillion of food every year,” he said. “I have the entire Balochistan for this […].”