Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and others have been “politically orphaned,” according to Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who declared this on Tuesday.
At a gathering in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh held to commemorate the 15th anniversary of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s passing, Bilawal said, “This is the reason there is a hue and cry in Bani Gala, this is the reason they have resorted to the politics of violence, and this is the reason why he [Imran] hides and addresses workers via video link.”
The chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Bilawal, also stated that the PTI will continue to push, incite, and ask for support from the establishment, but he promised that the party would make sure that no unconstitutional action would be taken.
The establishment had chosen a year prior to stay apolitical and refrain from meddling in politics, but since since, Imran has been blaming former army head General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa of overthrowing his PTI administration.
The foreign minister urged the leader of the PTI to return to parliament since neither he nor his party “could bear” what was coming to them. “Imran, in his rallies, has been using statements that are similar to Article 6 [treason] and urging the establishment to back him,” the minister added.
The foreign minister continued by saying that he did not want his political rivals to experience what his party members did. This cannot continue, but we also need to keep the system running.
Relating Imran’s appointment as PM to the rise in terrorism
The foreign minister criticised Imran for trying to reason with terrorists while he was PTI leader and linked the rise in terrorism to Imran’s election as prime minister in his speech.
“Defeating terrorism cost Benazir Bhutto her life. However, who authorised this cricket player (Imran) to conduct negotiations with terrorists? We also launched operations against terrorists “He queried.
When the former prime minister “bowed down to the terrorists and engaged in negotiations with them,” Bilawal questioned on whose authority. “Who broke terrorists out of prison? Who let terrorists to reside in this country while refusing to renounce their weapons or recognise the Constitution?”
“Today, terrorism is rising once again as a cricketer was transformed into a prime minister,” the PPP leader continued.
He asserted that the coalition administration would employ extreme measures to break the back of terrorists.
Additionally, Bilawal said that Pakistan experienced its greatest economic crisis under the PTI’s rule, and that in order to keep his seat, Imran “launched a suicide attack on the economy.”
He continued by saying that the coalition administration avoided default “for the first time” in Pakistan’s history.
Floods, according to the PPP director, are “a doom’s day before the doom’s day.” According to him, the climate crisis caused damages to the nation of $30 billion and resulted in one-third of the country’s territory being submerged.
“Five million acres of land were destroyed. In Sindh, 50% of educational institutions were impacted, according to Bilawal. He added that in any other country, such fatal floods would have caused political activities to be put on hold, but in Pakistan, they continued unabated.
He criticised Imran once more for continuing to clash with the government and stage demonstrations while people were suffering as a result of the climate catastrophe.
The FM argued that such a system is unworkable for governments and urged his political rival to “act like a human being.”
