No seat adjustment with JUI-F: Sherry Rehman

ISLAMABAD: Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Sherry Rehman said on Thursday that there was “no possibility” of seat adjustment with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F), as it did not want general elections to be held on time.

“The JUI-F was part of the collation government; however, this time the situation is different. But the PPP doors are always open to other political opponents,” she told a private news channel.

Sherry Rehman reiterated that her party would launch a vigorous electoral campaign from Garhi Khuda Bakhsh on December 27, on the death anniversary of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, the official news agency reported.

She said that the PPP was the only party that stresses the need for holding timely general elections in the country. The other political parties are seemingly running away from the polls, she added.

The PPP leader deplored that different tactics were used in the past to create rifts in her party. “All their attempts went in vain, and the Pakistan Peoples Party raised the slogan ‘Pakistan Khappay’ (long live Pakistan),” Sherry Rehman said, adding that “we will never let anyone break Sindh.”

The PPP leader urged the politicians to abstain from politics of division as the country is going through tough conditions. She emphasised that the national interest must be above everything else.

Sherry Rehman was optimistic to form the next government, saying that the PPP would contest elections from all constituencies across the country, and results in Punjab would be different.

She noted that the PPP wanted a level playing field for all the parties to contest the next polls in a free and fair manner.

In response to a query, she remarked that PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is a young politician and he will be the candidate of her party for the slot of prime minister in the upcoming elections.

The Election Commission of Pakistan has announced that the general elections will be conducted on February 8 next year.