Karachi, January 03, 2023 (PPI-OT):Chairman of Pakistan People’s Party and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the rehabilitation of flood victims across the country is his mission and he won’t leave the people alone. We will ensure that we get support from around the world and help people affected by climate change to stand on their feet.
Talking to the media after visiting the flood-affected areas of Dadu district, the PPP Chairman said that the Federal and Provincial governments will present the plans for the rehabilitation of the flood victims to the world at the International Climate Resilience Conference on January 9 at Davos in Geneva, while the Roadshow of Climate Resilience Pakistan will also start from this day.
He said that the purpose of his recent visit to the flood-affected areas is that he wants to convey the message that the flood victims are still facing difficult situations and that they should not be forgotten by the rest of the world.
He said that this flood in the country was catastrophic as the whole world from the United Nations to the meetings in Sharm-el-Sheikh knew that one-third of the land in Pakistan has been submerged in floodwater. There is no such example anywhere that one-third of the country was drowned. It was a situation like the doomsday before the doomsday. There is still water in some areas of Sindh and Balochistan.
Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that after the flood, a crisis has arisen in every sector including agriculture, and the health infrastructure has been badly damaged. Educational infrastructure has been damaged as only in Sindh, 50% of educational institutions have been destroyed.
He said that due to paucity of resources it will take time to complete the flood recovery mission. He stressed that we have to ensure rehabilitation work not only in Sindh but also in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan.
In response to a question asked by a journalist, the PPP Chairman said that Imran Khan has many aspirations, but he has failed at every opportunity. He said that by taking out long march twice, he was thinking that elections would be held soon, but his stubbornness was not fulfilled. He said that Imran Khan’s politics is harming the country, the nation, and himself.
He further said that even though we were in the opposition, we had supported the government during the COVID-19 epidemic, so today the opposition should take the economic crisis seriously and support the government, come to the parliament and play their role.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, in response to the question about MQM, said that there have been differences between his Party and the MQM and there will be differences in the future also, but we should try to work together. He said that we want to follow the agreement with MQM, we are ready to sit and discuss the issues.
He emphasized that we will make the system of local bodies as stronger as possible, but the delay in the local body elections affects administrative affairs. Despite the completion of the first phase of the local bodies’ elections before the floods, the successful candidates are yet to take their oath of office, if they take the oath they could help their people in the flood-affected areas.
In response to another question, the Foreign Minister said that we raised our voices even when decisions were being taken against our national security. We did what the whole world could not do in Afghanistan together. We wiped out the terrorists from Waziristan, Swat and Karachi. He said that after winning the war, it was decided that the facilitators of the terrorists would be released without asking anything.
He asked which country does this. He said that Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan is a reality, while Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan is a temptation. He said that Imran Khan made a statement on TV that we brought the Taliban here. Imran Khan compromised on the blood of our martyrs, who called us imported was importing terrorism.
Today PTI representatives are paying extortion to the Taliban. “I will not forgive the terrorists, neither the government nor the nation is ready to forgive,” he added. Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also appreciated the hard work and efforts of government officials and other staff during the flood adding that our armed forces also actively participated in the relief activities.
The Foreign Minister expressed his sincere gratitude to the United Nations Secretary-General and various institutions, individuals, and countries, including the United Arab Emirates, for their assistance to the flood victims and appealed that the flood victims still need their assistance today.
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