- Says government is not giving any importance to parliament
- Says charter of democracy is a roadmap which could take
country forward
BARNALA, June 21: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the country is being run without prime minister from last one month. He said if country could be run without prime minister than what is need of prime minister. He said government is not giving any importance to parliament. He said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has forgotten Charter of Democracy (COD). He said today democracy and democratic institutions are week in country. He said charter of democracy is a road map which could take country forward, adding that the situation of country would have been different if CoD would have been implemented. He said Takhat Sharif did not want to strengthen democracy in the country. Bilawal said he will soon visit Punjab, Balochistan and KPK.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday addressed a public gathering at Barnala, Azad Kashmir, on the occasion of late Benazir Bhutto’s 63rd birthday. He stated that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has forgotten about the Charter of democracy, adding that the parliament is given no importance in the country. He said that the country needs a PM like Benazir Bhutto. He enquired that if the country could function without the PM for a month then what was the need of the Prime Minister at all. He said that the incumbent rulers of Pakistan were like monarchs.
“I also want to say that stay united, if you do not unite your opponent will be stronger,” he said, adding that Kashmir election was actually a referendum against those forces that preferred personal and business interest over Kashmir cause.
He warned that if PML-N won the Kashmir election by force, threats and rigging that it would be assumed that Kashmiris support anti-Kashmir/ Modi-friendly policies. “If masses want Benazir’s Pakistan then support me,” he said, adding that martyrs and ideologists never die.
He said that PPP is still a force to be reckoned, but people are doing negative propaganda. He said that every aspect of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was unique. “Benazir’s politics was for poor and downtrodden segments of society:”
Bilawal said that she became the chairperson of largest political party of country and also became the symbol of struggle against dictatorship. She was the first Muslim woman PM of Pakistan and Muslim world and shut mouths up of those who said that woman cannot be PM, he added.
He stated that Benazir made the impossible possible, adding that every aspect of her life was exemplary. He stated that his politics catered farmers, laboureres, youth and the depressed. He added that he shall soon visit other areas of Punjab, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Sindh. He stated that he conducted the biggest public gathering in the history of Rahim Yar Khan.
He stated that the institutions of the country were suffering because PM Nawaz failed to work on the Charter of Democracy. PPP Chairman said that democracy exists by name in the country as the mode of governance is similar to monarchy. “Benazir s son wants an economical system based on equality,” said Bilawal, further adding that the people shall be provided education, health facilities free of cost whereas employment will also be given to the people.
Bilawal said that the people s money shall not be wasted on the construction of Metro bus projects but will be utilised upon the betterment of individuals if the economy of the country gets based on the ideas of Benazir Bhutto. He stated that the country needs such a Prime Minister who can look the world right in the eye.
He further stated that Pakistan cannot take lectures on peace from butcher of Gujarat, adding that if Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) succeeds in Azad Kashmir then it will appear to be Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi s victory in the region.
President Azad Kashmir Sardar Yaqoob Khan, Prime Minister Azad Kashmir Chaudhry Abdul Majeed, PPP leader Dr Faryal Talpur, Qamar Zaman Kaira and others were also present on the occasion.-Sabah
