Asif Ali Zardari predicted the name of Next President

“This is my promise to you that the next prime minister will be from [the] PPP,” Zardari said while addressing a big public gathering at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh on the occasion of the 38th death anniversary of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

“Like I managed to have the party’s nominee to be the Senate chairman despite lacking a simple majority, I promise you that soon we will have our prime minister too.”

Without naming any institution, the former president said: “I want to tell those who killed Bhutto that the PPP was neither afraid of them in the past, nor will it be in the future.”

Quoting from Bhutto’s book, he said, “If I am assassinated, then who will take care of Pakistan,” adding, “Shaheed Mohtarma [Benazir Bhutto] despite well aware of the consequences came back to Pakistan for its people.”

Bhutto was denied justice and sent to the gallows just because he loved the people of Pakistan, Zardari said.

Taking a jibe at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, he remarked: “I have been in Punjab for just 15 days and the political situation for the Ballaywallay [PTI] and Sherwallay [PML-N] have turned worst.”

“This is not all. Now, I will visit each and every division and district of Punjab and wake up party workers.”

He said the PPP has the vision and the philosophy of Bhutto, with a programme for the poor masses.

Talking about the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the PPP co-chairman said the project was initiated by the PPP but “Mian Sahab is trying to take its credit.”

“He (Nawaz) also tries to take the credit of the nuclear programme that was a gift from Bhutto to the people of Pakistan,” he added.

Strongly condemning the federal government, Zardari said: “On the one hand the price of electricity is very high, while on the other hand, it is not available.