Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Tuesday that the PPP did not have enough mandate to become the prime ministerial candidate.

Addressing the press conference in Islamabad, the former foreign minister said: "The PPP is determined to steer the country into the doldrums."

Speaking about any possibility of alliance with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Bhutto-Zardari said: "The PTI had made an announcement of not negotiating with the PPP."

Bhutto-Zardari said: "The PPP has no interest in joining the federal cabinet."

"We [PPP] had ruled for 18 months along with the PML-N," he said.Bhutto-Zardari said: "The parliament will be constituted, where the matters will hopefully be addressed.

"The process of the formation of the government will be completed for the sake of the country," he added.

PPP has decided that while we are not in the position to join the federal government, nor are we interested in taking ministries in such a setup, we also don’t want to see political chaos in the country. We don’t want to see a perpetual crisis in our country – Chairman PPP… pic.twitter.com/tJvNMIQjLR
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"I hope that we do not have to look to go for another election in the country," he said.

Bhutto-Zardari maintained: "Everybody was hopeful to get a clear mandate, but nobody had a clear mandate."