PPP chairman Bilawal refutes reports of his engagement, wedding

PPP Chairman Bilawal-Bhutto Zardari, the man at the centre of engagement and wedding rumours, himself refuted the reports on Monday. “Social media has gotten my baat pakki, engagement and wedding done. I clarify that nothing as such has taken place; neither do I know any Princess Gloria,” the Bhutto scion said in a video statement. The clarification comes after reports circulated that the PPP chairman — the son of President Asif Ali Zardari and ex-premier Benazir Bhutto —was preparing to marry into a European family. The reports, circulating on social media, claimed that President Asif Ali Zardari had travelled to Liechtenstein — a small sovereign state between Switzerland and Austria — to discuss and set a date for his son’s wedding. There were also claims that Bilawal’s prospective bride was a former Austrian princess. On August 27, the Presidency posted on X that Zardari “has proceeded abroad on a private visit”, but did not share any further details. In his statement on Monday, Bilawal contended that the “social media ruckus was made to distract the public’s attention from the real issues”. He then turned his attention towards the tragic fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) in Islamabad that claimed the lives of 14 infants.