PESHAWAR/RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) - Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the chairman of Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP), has accepted the "counter challenge" posed by Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif.
میں مسلم لیگ ن کے وزارت عظمٰی کے امیدوار نواز شریف کو دعوت دیتا ہوں کہ وہ 8 فروری سے پہلے کسی بھی وقت، کہیں بھی مجھ سے مباحثہ کریں۔ عالمی سطح پر صدارتی اور وزارت اعظمیٰ کے امیدوار ٹیلی ویژن پر ہونے والے مباحثوں میں حصہ لیتے ہیں، جس میں وہ ووٹرز کو اپنے منصوبوں کے بارے میں اہم…
— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) January 26, 2024Bilawal again expressed his readiness for a debate and extended an invitation to PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif to determine the time and venue for an inspection of Sindh and PPP's performance.
میں مناظرے اور معائنے کے لئے تیار ہوں، میاں نواز شریف مجھ سے خیرپور گمبٹ میں مناظرہ کرلیں جہاں کا اسپتال پنجاب کے کسی بھی اسپتال سے بہتر ہے اور یہاں علاج بالکل مفت ہے اور میاں صاحب نے تین بار وزیراعظم بننے کے باوجود بھی گمبٹ کا دورہ نہیں کیا یا وہ تھرپارکر آجائیں، وہاں کے… https://t.co/WThzbP0P6j
— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) January 27, 2024The PPP chairman criticised Nawaz and his party's performance, pointing out that despite being a three-time premier, he never visited Gambat even once.
Bilawal emphasised that the infrastructure in Tharparkar surpasses that of Cholistan, and he invited Nawaz to witness the development in Sindh with his own eyes.
Bilawal boasted about the PPP government's performance in Sindh while criticizing PML-N's track record in Punjab. He highlighted the superiority of hospitals in Gambat - a town in Khairpur district - over those in Punjab, emphasising that medical treatment is provided free of charge.
He defended the Thar Coal Power Project, stating that they not only supplied electricity to Karachi but also to Faisalabad.
Bilawal challenged Nawaz to engage in a discussion outside Karachi's NICVD, where over 84,000 people from Punjab were treated last year. This, according to Bilawal, served as evidence that Punjab's hospitals lacked comparable facilities.
Earlier, Shehbaz, during his address in Rawalpindi, responsded to Bilawal's initial challenge, saying the PPP chiarman should have not only hold a debate but also invited the PML-N supremo to examine the state of affairs in Sindh to assess the PPP's performance.
کل ایک صاحب نے نواز شریف کو مناظرے کی دعوت دی۔ وہ نواز شریف کو مناظرے کے بجائے سندھ کے معائنے کی دعوت دیتے تو اچھا تھا، مناظرہ بھی ہو جاتا اور موازنہ بھی
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) January 27, 2024Shehbaz asserted that the debate and comparison would reveal which party's performance was superior in the province, with Nawaz leading the charge for his development projects in Punjab.
As the February 8 polls approach, both leaders of the leading parties are engaged in heated exchanges, setting the stage for a closely watched political showdown.