Bilawal claims 'certain elements' within PML-N are sowing division among allies, undermining PM Shehbaz

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has accused elements within the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of actively undermining Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and sowing discord among his allies. Zardari made these claims during an election rally in Azad Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, ahead of the third phase of regional elections.

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High-profile people are saying that the government has collapsed. I’m not saying that, nor am I casting doubt on the prime minister’s intentions. He’s a good man with good intentions. But what can he do when the people around him have bad intentions?

"High-profile people are saying that the government has collapsed. I’m not saying that, nor am I casting doubt on the prime minister’s intentions. He’s a good man with good intentions. But what can he do when the people around him have bad intentions?" Zardari stated, implying internal party sabotage.

He further alleged that the PML-N is manipulating the ongoing elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Zardari questioned the necessity of holding elections in six phases, suggesting it was a tactic to rig the polls. "In truth, elections were carried out in phases so they could rig them. They knew that 10 seats were in their pocket from the start," he claimed, accusing the party of manipulating results in Mirpur and Muzaffarabad, and targeting Poonch and Bagh in the upcoming phase.

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The PML-N’s fight is not with the PPP, it happens in elections, as it has before. The real fight is entirely different, because the PM, with his good intentions and actions, is undermined by a large part of the PML-N.

The PPP chairman highlighted that the PML-N's internal conflict is more significant than its disputes with the opposition. "The PML-N’s fight is not with the PPP, it happens in elections, as it has before. The real fight is entirely different, because the PM, with his good intentions and actions, is undermined by a large part of the PML-N," Zardari alleged. He asserted that a significant portion of the PML-N desires the Prime Minister to contend not only with the opposition but also with his own allies.

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In truth, elections were carried out in phases so they could rig them. They knew that 10 seats were in their pocket from the start.