Angry protesters disrupt Bilawal’s electoral campaign in Karachi

Angry protesters disrupt Bilawal’s electoral campaign in Karachi

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KARACHI: Angry protesters disrupted Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s electoral campaign in Lyari area of Karachi on Sunday.
The residents of Bihar Colony stopped Bilawal’s rally from travelling to Lyari and chanted slogans against him. Some disgruntled protesters also resorted to vandalism and broke the windows of a car, which was a part of PPP chief’s caravan.
Bilawal’s motorcade was eventually halted as his car started to heat-up.
Speaking about the incident, PPP leader Yousaf Baloch told Geo News that protesters can never fall to the level that they did in Lyari. 
"Those protesting do not belong to PPP," he remarked, alleging that protesters belonged to their political rivals such as Muttahida Qaumi Movement among others. 
Earlier in the day, Bilawal had reached Lyari and kicked off the party’s election campaign.
Earlier in the day, Bilawal had reached Lyari and kicked off the party’s election campaign. Photo: Geo News screen grab
Upon arrival in Lyari, the Bhutto family scion stepped out of his car and chanted slogans. "I will fulfill all promises made in our manifesto," Bilawal vowed as he addressed supporters.
He added, "I will implement a programme through which people receive basic facilities on subsidised rates.
“The nation will stand by me for my first election," the PPP chairman said.
Bilawal will contest the upcoming general election, the first of his political career, from his party’s traditionally dominant National Assembly constituency in Lyari — NA-246.
The PPP chairman had visited Lyari on Saturday to inaugurate his election office in the area.

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