KHANGRAH: Chairman Pakistan People Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari stated that he was not competing against any politician or political party, but struggling to abolish backwardness and economic deprivations.

He said this while addressing a public meeting here on Sunday night. He stated that he wanted economic justice and delivery of rights to the deprived people. He claimed that Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Bibi took many steps for economic prosperity of the masses. Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto made land reforms and the land was distributed among the poor people, he added.

He said the PPP government launched Benazir Income Support Programme to end poverty. Similarly, many other schemes were launched by Pakistan People Party. Bilawal maintained that he wanted such Pakistan wherein everybody would have an opportunity to move forward. It was his wish that everybody would have access to education, healthcare, and job.

He enumerated different steps taken by his party government including Aghaz-e-Haqooq Balochistan, NFC award, and some others. About PPP manifesto, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari observed that PPP would offer subsidy on agriculture inputs if voted to power. The prices would fertilizers would be reduced. Similarly, it would also help farmers in insurance of crops. The support price of different crops would be announced to protect rights of the farmers.

About the sale of sugarcane, he added that CPR would be given the status of the cheque so that no one could resort to exploiting farmers economically. Bilal further remarked that PPP gave Thar coal project, which is generating electricity. We gave employment to unemployed youngsters. He observed that Thar coal project was the future of Pakistan and it would change the whole of Pakistan. PPP launched poverty reduction programmes and also provided interest-free loans to eight lakh women in Sindh.