KARACHI, Sept 3: The chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party-Shaheed Bhutto, on Monday announced that she would contest the upcoming general election against Benazir Bhutto in Larkana and other constituencies.

She was briefing newsmen about the decision of her party’s central committee at 70 Clifton.

However, observers recall that Ghinwa lost the contest in the 2002 general elections.

She informed the newsmen that the PPP(SB) would announce its election campaign in Lahore on Sept 16, which would then be formally started after Sept 20.

Ghinwa said that free and fair elections needed maximum participation of the eligible voters. She was critical of the perception that only foreign observers and stakeholders could guarantee such transparency.

She said that only the people of Pakistan were the stakeholders and only they could ensure free and fair elections by keeping the manipulators at bay.

The PPP SB pledged to continue its struggle for the transfer of social, economic and political power to the people in every part of the country.