Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said - in an interview with Al-Jazeera - that he does not see the need to hold early elections in the country, which is the demand advocated by former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The minister - who is the son of the late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto - said that the current government inherited from its predecessor "a divided country and a collapsed economy" and that it is looking for solutions to internal problems and consensus at the international level.
Pakistan is suffering from a severe economic crisis and political tensions, which escalated after the assassination attempt on Imran Khan on the third of last November, when he was leading a protest march towards the capital to pressure the government to hold early elections.
Bhutto Zardari said that the former prime minister "is trying to participate in a new political formula."
In another matter, the foreign minister stressed the need to reach a solution to the Kashmir issue, and said, "People in Pakistan and India want to live in peace."