MANDI BAHAUDDIN: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called for political fraternity to give up politics of hatred and promote progressive ideas to rid the country of radicalism.

“I appeal to politicians to reconsider their political approach. We don’t need politics of hatred and intolerance,” Bilawal told a gathering of supporters in Mandi Bahauddin on Monday.

His remarks came in the backdrop of a gun attack on Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal who narrowly escaped death.

The interior minister was visiting his constituency when a 21-year-old man claiming to be a supporter of a religious group opened fire on Ahsan Iqbal, leaving him injured.

He was airlifted to Lahore where he underwent overnight surgery. The interior minister has been shifted to room from ICU.

“We will have to refrain from politics of hate which has taken the country to this level,” Bilawal said and called for a thorough investigation about the failed bid to assassinate Ahsan Iqbal.

He also criticized Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif, saying the two leaders were doing politics of power.

“Mian sahib is an expert at doing propaganda while Imran Khan has nothing important to say in his two-hour speech,” he said.