Impossible for leaders to overcome energy crisis: Zardari

Impossible for leaders to overcome energy crisis: Zardari
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Summary He berated PML-N leaders for claiming to end power outages in six months

LAHORE (Dunya News) – Former president and Co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party, Asif Ali Zardari has claimed on Sunday that it is impossible for the incumbent rulers to end power outages and overcome energy crisis.

While conversing with Sohail Warraich in ‘Aik Din Dunya Kay Sath’, Zardari asserted that the political party would lodge an FIR against Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan. He reiterated that the federal government was behind his friends going missing.

He cleared that talks with the leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz was out of question and it was ‘something else now’. Zardari said that the rallies of PPP would not chant ‘Go Nawaz Go’.

He berated PML-N leaders for claiming to end power outages in six months citing their ‘failure’ in past four years.

While talking about appointment of Inspector General of Police in Sindh, Zardari said that the appointment of choice is provincial government’s right. He branded appointment of AD Khawaja ‘pre-poll rigging’.

He accused the government of stealing people’s mandate in General Elections 2013 and accredited PPP of accepting the results to save democracy. He alleged the ROs of siding with PML-N in General Elections 2013 otherwise, he claimed PPP would have won.

The PPP co-chairman denied the news of a having cut a ‘covert deal’ with the government.

The former president declared claims of no development in Sindh during PPP tenure baseless and cleared that he would not float his candidacy for the President of Pakistan if his political party wins the General Elections 2018.

He used to take former army chief, General (r) Kiyani and Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence Pasha in confidence over policies, he asserted.

Zardari said that neither the political party used to stage sit-ins during its federal government nor civilians were abducted then.

On the occasion, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, in a brief discussion with Soahil Warraich refused to disclose the issues that he reserves an opinion on different than his father’s.

Bilawal said that he appreciates his father’s valour.

During the interview, Asif Ali Zardari said that he bars Bilawal from stepping out of his vehicle out of security concerns.

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