A scion of one of Pakistan’s leading political families has warned that the country cannot afford further delay to an election set for next month as it struggles with a protracted economic crisis and increasingly volatile security situation.
“Pakistan is dealing with the perfect storm of crises,” Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and chair of the liberal-leaning Pakistan People’s party, told the Financial Times.
Elections were needed “yesterday”, Zardari added, to put in place a government to tackle “our economic situation, unemployment, poverty, inflation hitting historic levels [and] terrorism”.
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