In Karachi, the PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari announced Tuesday that he plans to take the oath as a federal minister tomorrow, and may become the foreign minister.
Bilawal announced the new appointment during a press conference following a meeting of the PPP’s Central Executive Committee (CEC), which was convened after Adviser to the Prime Minister on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, Qamar Zaman Kaira, announced last week the party’s new chairman would take oath within two days.
Despite being present when the first federal cabinet members took oath, Bilawal did not take the oath. Minister of Information Mariyum Aurangzeb, however, has assured that the PPP chairman will take the oath when he returns to Pakistan.
In a conversation with journalists in London, Kaira said Bilawal has left for Pakistan — after he held two meetings with PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif to exchange views on political matters.
Meanwhile, in today’s press conference, Bilawal said ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s “foreign conspiracy” narrative hurt Pakistan’s image on international forums.
