Election campaign: ‘Main contest between leaders of Lahore and PPP’

MULTAN:  The general elections will be a fight between supporters and opponents of new provinces in Pakistan, former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Saturday. He was addressing a public gathering in PP-202. More than 30,000 people attended the rally.

Gilani said the main competition in the elections would be between the “leaders of Lahore” and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) .
He said the PPP aimed at creating a Seraiki province. He said by creating this province, his party would take revenge from those who were against it.
He said that the leaders in Lahore were unaware of the grievances of the people in their region.
“How can they then identify and resolve issues in other areas?”
He said the PPP leadership felt the pain of the people of the region.
“I need the people of this region to realise this reality and support us to save themselves from punishment and revenge,” he said.
To a question, Gilani said that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) did not have a manifesto.
He said, “PTI cannot compete with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz or any other party.”