Bilawal says youth should play positive role

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday asserted that youth should play a positive role towards country development.

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Bilawal urged that,"We should teach the youth to contribute in a positive way and not that rather than a battle of ideas you have to psychically attack people."

The PPP chairman warned that, "the current low-level of politics is very dangerous for the future of our country," he also criticised politicians for their exchange of harsh words against each other.

While Taking a hit at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif, Bilawal said, "If prominent leaders engage in such exchanges then the youth will think that this is how one is supposed to act."

He added, "Our country cannot afford this kind of politics."

The Bhutto family scion continued that, "my mother [Benazir Bhutto] taught me that how you conduct yourself in life is how you will be taken.”

Bilawal moreover thanked the nation for the "warm reception" as he continues first of his political career campaign across the country for the upcoming election.

The PPP chairman stressed that my focus remains on party's manifesto and the problems currently faced by the country.

"When my party's members and I are in Parliament, we will try our best to resolve the issues of the people," Bilawal added.

He stated, "We need to appraise the nation of the problems the country is facing because if we do not involve the public then how will we get out of these problems."

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