Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has called for a political reset in the country, urging the government and opposition to set aside their differences and work together to address Pakistan’s economic challenges.
Addressing an event, Bilawal said the country needed a new political direction to tackle its growing challenges, stressing that political parties should focus on public issues instead of engaging in confrontation.
He said people were looking towards both provincial and federal governments for solutions to their problems, not to see how political leaders would make them fight against each other.
Bilawal urged Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to restore the confidence of his coalition partners first and then reach out to political opponents and the opposition.
He stressed that the government and opposition could not resolve public issues without cooperation and national consensus.
“Political leadership will have to sit together and begin a new journey to resolve the country’s problems,” he said, adding that all political parties must unite to confront national challenges.
The PPP chairman said people wanted relief from economic difficulties rather than hatred and political division. He urged political parties to present practical solutions to the economic crisis.
Bilawal also called on governments to take steps to reduce the financial burden on the public and ensure access to healthcare and other essential services.
He said some politicians believed that making wealthy and business groups richer would lead to national development. However, he maintained that the country should prioritise lifting poor and homeless people out of poverty.
Referring to the Sindh government’s housing initiative for flood victims, Bilawal said the provincial government had constructed 1 million houses and planned to build another 2 million.
He described the initiative as the largest housing and land transfer project in the country’s history, saying beneficiaries had also been given ownership rights to their land and houses.
Bilawal said the project had created around 1 million employment opportunities and provided economic security to vulnerable families.
He said the initiative was launched after he witnessed the suffering of flood-affected families during visits to devastated areas of Sindh and promised that they would not be left alone.
The PPP chairman also rejected allegations of corruption in the housing project, saying the houses had been constructed despite criticism from political opponents.
He thanked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for supporting the initiative and said political cooperation was necessary to overcome the country’s difficulties.
Bilawal reiterated that Pakistan’s politics needed a reset, calling on political parties to work together rather than remain engaged in political battles.
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