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Angry protesters attacked the convoy of the President of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto in the party's traditional stronghold, Lyari, injuring two people and damaging vehicles, the police said. The Lyari region is here for the upcoming elections, they said, adding that about a hundred protesters shouted slogans of "go Bilawal go" and threw stones at the convoy.
A truck and a car were damaged during the violence, officials said, adding that the PPP president was unscathed.
The PPP has traditionally won in Lyari and Bilawal is contesting the constituency of NA-247 on July 25th.
Bilawal, the only son of former badbadinated prime minister Benazir Bhutto and grandson of PPP founder Zulfiqar Bhutto, is contesting the parliamentary elections for the first time.
An eyewitness claims that Bilawal has left the area. While gang wars were becoming commonplace, Lyari residents often accused the party of doing nothing to improve the situation.
Party leader Saeed Ghani said two workers were injured during the attack. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf and the Mutthaida Qaumi Movement for Violence.
A statement released in the evening quoted Bilawal Bhutto saying that he would not be deterred by violence.
"Lya Ri is in my blood, I will go to every nook and cranny of the country with my party manifesto, we have to defeat these violent elements, not to yield to them." According to a spokesman, the president of the party PPP is not afraid to be subjected by such forces
(This story was not edited by the staff of Business Standard and is generated automatically from a stream unionized.)
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