Imran Khan can’t become Bhutto: Bilawal Bhutto
Staff Writer
Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week said Prime Minister Imran Khan cannot become Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Speaking to journalists here along with former prime minister and opposition leader in the Senate Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Senator Sherry Rehman, Faisal Karim Kundi and Shazia Marri, Bilawal Bhutto said that Imran had deliberately damaged the Kashmir cause by issuing statements in favour of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the 2019 elections in India.
He said that Imran cannot become Zulfikar Ali Bhutto with his rhetoric on foreign policy, saying that his policies did no good to the country.
“You are a foreign-sponsored agent who was planted in our system to destroy the country’s economy, slow down the work on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and isolate Pakistan at the international level with wrong policies,” Bilawal said, adding that the PTI government’s policies had angered Pakistan’s long-term allies.
He added: “Imran Khan is adopting the foreign policy of India. What is the difference between his foreign policy and that of India right now.”
“You have distanced Pakistan from its long-term friends – the United States and the European Union – with which we have trade relations worth billions of dollars.”
He said that the people of Pakistan resent the incumbent government’s economic policies and will not forgive anyone who votes in favour of you in the no-confidence motion.
“Those who will stand against you will be remembered as a hero in history who helped take down a corrupt and incompetent regime. The history will remember those who stood with the Constitution, democratic values, and those who favoured the selected regime.”
The chairman challenged the premier, saying that the PPP had accused the PTI of rigging the politics by providing proof to the court.
He added that PM Imran does not have any evidence of wrongdoing against the opposition and so he is running a propaganda-based campaign.
Criticising the PM for the country’s deteriorating economy, the PPP chairman said the nation is suffering due to the imposition of heavy taxes, unemployment and poverty. “People who are going against PM Khan will have their names added to history for standing with democracy and the Constitution and they will always be remembered for that,” he said.
