PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has finally addressed the latest rumours surrounding his personal life, putting to rest social media claims that he is engaged and preparing to marry into a European royal family.
In a video message shared on X on Monday, Bilawal laughed off the reports and made it clear that there has been no engagement or wedding.
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“First of all, social media has got me engaged, married,” he said, before adding that no such development had taken place. He also appeared amused by the identity being circulated online, saying he did not know any “Princess Gloria.”
The rumours had been making rounds on social media for days, with claims that Bilawal was planning to marry a member of a prominent Austrian royal family in Vienna. According to the reports, President Asif Ali Zardari had travelled to Austria with family members to discuss the proposed marriage and finalise a date.
Some versions of the story even claimed that the wedding could take place towards the end of 2026 and that Bilawal's alleged bride was from Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein.
Bilawal, however, dismissed the entire story and used the opportunity to redirect attention towards what he described as far more serious issues facing the country.
The PPP chairman said that if there were ever an important decision regarding his marriage, his family would be the ones to make the announcement. Until then, he urged people not to get distracted by what he called “social media drama.”
He then shifted his focus to a serious situation at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), claiming that 14 children had died at the Islamabad hospital. Bilawal criticised a minister who, according to him, was busy talking about dividing Pakistan into 30 parts while failing to deal with problems within a single hospital.
“He cannot handle a single hospital,” Bilawal remarked. His comments also touched on the increasingly heated debate surrounding the creation of new provinces. Bilawal criticised a minister from Lahore over remarks concerning the issue and questioned the idea of discussing the creation and administration of provinces outside the proper constitutional forum.
He said the Sindh Assembly would take a firm position on the matter and stressed that such decisions could not simply be made on the streets or discussed as a business proposal in Lahore.
