Islamabad: Ahead of the general elections in Pakistan, former president Asif Ali Zardari said that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) may forge an alliance with Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
The PPP and PTI earlier joined hands in the Senate elections.
“Necessity is the mother of all inventions. There was a necessity in the Senate and if there is a necessity we will do it [form an alliance] and if not we are willing to sit in the opposition or form the government,” Zardari said while addressing a gathering in Lahore, Geo TV reported.
“They (PTI) haven’t seen the Prime Minister House.They are in a hurry to get power,” the PPP co-chairman added.
He also slammed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for weakening the country’s democracy, ” Nawaz turned into Prince Saleem and became our undoing.”
The general elections in Pakistan are due to be held in the last week of July or first week of August. (ANI)