Karachi, September 12, 2023 (PPI-OT): Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that there is no level playing field for everyone even the general elections are around the corner, and urged that the old way of running the country has to be abandoned. He further said that the solution to the problems facing the country is “Awami Raj” (people’s rule), and the elected representatives of the people must be seated in Islamabad.
After condoling with the family of journalist Jan Muhammad Mahar, who was killed by armed assailants in Sukkur last month, the PPP chairman, while talking to the media, said that the brutal killing of Mahar was too much to condemn. He said that the progress in this case was not done in the way it should have been and many questions have been raised in the matter. “The officers who have been posted in Karachi are from other provinces, so they may not have an idea, but the whole of Sindh is demanding that justice be given to the slain journalist,” he added.
In response to a question asked by a journalist, Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that currently there is a level playing field for some in the country, but not for others, and I object to that (situation).
Chairman PPP said that the police officers who are fighting dacoits in Kacha area need all our support, adding that terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as well as dacoits in Sindh’s Kacha region are now using the American weapons left in Afghanistan. “How dangerous was Imran Khan’s policy of settling terrorists from Afghanistan in the tribal areas of the country, its effects are now visible,” he pointed out.
Chairman PPP said that terrorism is rising all over the country because the policy of the PPP has not been implemented. Before the 2014 operation, all the parties said that there should be talks with the terrorists, but PPP was the only party that said that the terrorists must be fought. “Even when no male politician dared to speak, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto fearlessly resisted the terrorists,” he recalled.
Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that Imran Khan spoiled the national security policy in a few days, and when the Taliban government came to Afghanistan, he opened the way for the terrorists who had escaped from the prisons of Afghanistan. A plan was made to settle those terrorists here, he said and added: “Did ex-military officer General (R) Faiz Hameed and Imran Khan have no idea that if they resettle these terrorists in FATA area, how long it will take them to reach Karachi?”
Chairman PPP said that we embraced martyrdoms and defeated the terrorists, but then two or three people, surprisingly, forgave the enemies. He said that we have to do justice to our people, citizens, martyrs and the state. “Those who were involved in that wrong decision should be held accountable. If they are politicians, they will be held accountable by the people and if they are from any institution, they should be held accountable by that institution,” he demanded and continued that the people of Pakistan and the families of the martyrs should be told, the story behind the return of the terrorists, as it should be public now.
Talking about inflation, power crisis and other issues, Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the people have to suffer the decisions that are made in Islamabad’s bureaucracy, adding that the constitution says that where there are resources, the local people have the first right to them. “But we are told that we have to buy expensive LNG, because the cheap gas we have, is to be supplied it to other areas,” he said, and urged that this is injustice, this injustice has to be removed, and until this injustice is not removed, the issue like electricity cannot be solved.
Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that in the areas where there is no electricity for 18 hours, the electricity bill reflects as if electricity has been used for 24 hours. He said that there are many resources in the country, and PPP has made a plan regarding the electricity crisis. “There should be plans under Public Private Partnership mode for electricity. We will bring solar and green energy projects,” he announced.
On a question regarding the elections, Chairman PPP said that it is the power of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to give the date for the general elections, so we are asking them to give the date. He added that inflation and economy are also linked to elections, because if the elected representatives are seated in Islamabad, they will be able to represent public, and solve their problems.
Bibi Aseefa Bhutto Zardari and other leaders also accompanied him on this occasion. Meanwhile, Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Bibi Aseefa Bhutto Zardari reached Wazirabad village of Shikarpur district and condoled with former federal minister Ghous Bux Mahar on death of his son-in-law.
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