The head of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, asserted on Friday that General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa, the former chief of the army, had offered to “facilitate” general elections in exchange for the opposition withdrawing its resolution of no confidence in the outgoing prime minister, Imran Khan.
Bajwa wanted withdraw no-trust vote: Speaking to the media in Karachi, Bilawal claimed that the offer had been made two days before the motion was approved.
Further revelations came from the former foreign minister, who stated that Bajwa had made it clear in a message that he was impartial on the no-confidence motion.
The admission made by Bilawal, however, runs counter to the enduring narrative of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party that overthrew the government and has continuously accused the former army chief of working with the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) to overturn it.
The PTI president asserted in February of this year that Bajwa had acknowledged to a journalist that he was responsible for toppling the PTI administration, and he insisted that the army conduct an investigation into the incident.
Bilawal compared the current elections to those of 2008 during the news conference, implying that those who defect would suffer the consequences of their losses. He made a menacing suggestion that a certain party, similar to what happened to one in 2008, would anticipate losing the forthcoming polls.
Regarding the possible electoral partnership between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), Bilawal voiced hope that the PPP will gain from it.
Guaranteed a triumph, Bilawal declared with confidence that the PPP will win the next general elections and that the people’s will would cement their position on February 8, 2024, similar to how they did in the local body elections.
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