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Bilawal, I will contest polls: Asif Zardari

India Blooms News Service | | Dec 27, 2016, at 11:55 pm

#Pakistan #PPP #Asif Zardari #Bilawal Bhutto

Islamabad, Dec 27 (IBNS): Former Pakistan President Asif Zardari on Tuesday announced he and his son Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will contest in the elections and be in the Parliament.

He returned to Pakistan recently,ending his self-imposed exile of 18 months.

"My sisters, my children, my daughters. I want to share the good news I had promised to share: Bilawal and I will contest the election now, right now, [and sit] in this Parliament," Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Zardari was quoted as saying by Dawn News.

He was addressing PPP supporters.

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