Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman and former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif is attempting to become the country’s prime minister for the fourth time via a backdoor.
“He’s certainly giving the impression that he is relying on something other than the people of Pakistan to become prime minister for the fourth time,” Bilawal said in an interview with Reuters when asked if he thought the establishment was backing Nawaz.
Youth appeal and ambitious plans to combat climate change form the core of Bilawal’s effort to become prime minister of Pakistan, which, if successful, would make him its youngest premier since his mother Benazir was in office.
As general elections near on Feb 8, the 35-year-old, a former foreign minister and scion of a family that gave the nation two prime ministers, called for new ideas and leadership to calm political and economic instability.
“The implications of the decisions taken today are going to be faced by the youth of Pakistan,” Bilawal said.
“I think it would be better if they were allowed to make those decisions.”
About two-thirds of Pakistan’s population of 241 million is younger than 30, while its prime ministers since 2000 have been older than 61, on average.
