Former president Asif Ali Zardari stressed the need for explaining to those elements in Balochistan who had taken up arms, that their survival lay in democracy. Addressing an election rally in Hub, Zardari, also the president of the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP), said that the town was located at a one-hour drive from the country’s biggest city of Karachi, therefore it should have the facilities like a metropolis. “Explain to the friends, who are taking up arms that your survival is in democracy. Zardari said that the PPP suffered oppression but it never resorted to fighting. “Balochistan's survival lies in democracy,” he said, appealing to the people to vote for the PPP on the election day.

Source: The Express Tribune January 29, 2024 00:11 UTC