Overview
- At a Vehari event, President Asif Ali Zardari said Imran Khan should not have entered politics if he could not endure prison, a jab delivered as PTI presses for the jailed leader’s medical transfer.
- Chairing a Lahore session at Bilawal House, Zardari urged political dialogue and unity, with officials noting efforts to launch talks with PTI remain stalled by disputes over preconditions and cases.
- He put economic stability and farming at the center of his message, calling support for farmers and modern techniques essential to national progress.
- Zardari reiterated a hard line on Kashmir as Pakistan’s “jugular vein” and, touting judicial measures, claimed he had tripled judges’ salaries.
- Party messaging and outside analysis portray the high‑visibility push as strategic, with PPP withholding support for some PML‑N bills and leaders condemning PTI road blockades that clogged major routes.