Despite days of negotiations between the country’s two largest parties, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has opted to support the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) candidacy for prime minister, but will not join the federal government.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari made the major announcement during a news conference in Islamabad following the Central Executive Committee’s (CEC) session on Tuesday, stating that he was withdrawing his candidacy for prime minister because “the PPP does not have the mandate to form the federal government.”
“It is a fact that the PPP does not have a mandate to form the federal government and due to that I will not be putting myself forward for the candidacy of the prime minister of Pakistan,” said the 35-year-old politician, who ran the 2024 general election for the country’s top slot.
