Bilawal urges nation to shun old-timers, pick new faces

As parties go into electioneering mode, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari lamented on traditional politics terming it as the country's worst enemy and stressed the need to embark on "new politics". He added: "Veteran politicians neither think about the present nor the future [as] they are still stuck in the past. We want to leave behind the politics of division, hate and abuse which [as part of] the traditional politics has been going on for the [past] 70 years." "Today the country suffers from historical inflation, poverty and unemployment levels due to prevalent economic turmoil," he said, adding, "Our competition is with inflation, unemployment and poverty. "The country is still plagued with [exuberantly high] inflation and unemployment [...] And so our slogan [and manifesto] will remain unchanged.