KARACHI: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari lashed out at PTI Chairman Imran Khan, alleging that the former prime minister “wanted every institution to turn into his tiger force.”
The PPP chairman addressed a crowd upon his arrival in Karachi for the first time since joining Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet, congratulating his supporters, known as jiyalas, on their victory in deposing the PTI government.
“Democracy has triumphed, and all four provinces have triumphed.” “We have returned the chosen, puppet, and incompetent prime minister,” Bilawal said.
The PPP chairman, who is also the foreign minister in Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet, stated that his jiyalas are “always successful” when they stand up to the dictator of the time and defend the Constitution. He went on to say that his supporters began their movement when Khan came to power.
“We’ve been fighting this undemocratic person since day one.” We looked him in the eyes and told him that he had been chosen rather than elected. “We faced injustice but did not compromise our principles,” Bilawal said.
The PPP chairman went on to say that when he started his long march, he asked Khan to dissolve the assembly, but he was swayed by power and did not listen to the then-opposition.
When Khan’s caravan arrived in Islamabad, the then-opposition submitted a no-confidence motion against him, according to Bilawal.
“We used democratic means to send an undemocratic person home,” Bilawal said, adding that the PTI chairman’s government was removed as part of the democratic process rather than a foreign conspiracy.
The foreign minister stated that Khan’s demise was not the result of a foreign conspiracy, but of a victory for political workers and that Khan’s demise was a victory for Parliament, the Constitution, and democracy.
Members of the current government, according to Bilawal, “forgot” their “political differences.” “and established the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). He claimed that the PPP persuaded the allied parties not to leave Parliament and send Khan packing through the no-confidence motion.
Continuing his tirade against Khan, Bilawal claimed that the previous government stole people’s jobs and instead of putting an end to corruption, it broke all records.
“Imran desired that every institution become his tiger force.” “Imran wanted the establishment to turn into a tiger force and support him,” Bilawal claimed, adding that the PTI chairman harmed the country as he left.
“The coward would not even appear in Parliament.” “Khan attacked the Constitution while fleeing the no-confidence motion,” Bilawal said, adding that the PTI chairman was “running a campaign against the Constitution.”
“Why wasn’t I saved movement?”
“What kind of prime minister was he, destroying the economy during his tenure?” “He depleted the treasury and left an economic crisis to torture people,” Bilawal said.
According to the foreign minister, the former prime minister “isolated the country for the sake of his ego” and harmed Pakistan’s foreign policy.
Bilawal claimed Khan’s foreign policy was perplexing, and that if he had a policy, it was “kashkol” (begging bowl). During his rule, Khan continued to send missed calls to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the United States. When he received no response from there, he vented his rage about the country’s foreign policy.
“Khan says the White House conspired against him, but I tell him that it was the Bilawal House that conspired against him,” Bilawal said, adding that “Imran Khan also talks a lot about his visit to Russia, but everyone knows that he talks a lot but doesn’t do anything.”
Even after the no-confidence motion was tabled, the PPP chairman claimed, the former prime minister threatened his party with either immediate elections or martial law.
Bilawal stated that Khan was still attempting to create conditions in the country for the benefit of others, and that a parliamentary commission would be formed to investigate the violation of the Constitution by Khan and his associates, but that the entire PTI, including Khan, should apologize for the incident at Masjid-e-Nabwi.
Addressing the employees of Pakistan Steel Mills, Bilawal stated that because the Ministry of Privatisation is with the PPP, a new plan for the rehabilitation of PSM can be devised. “If through a public-private partnership, a project like Thar Coal can be used to supply electricity to the entire country of Pakistan, then steel mills can be run.”
The PPP chairman stated that Khan snatched the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) card from the hands of poor women, but that the affected people would be helped.
“We took over the water and climate change ministries because we have better programmes for these sectors,” he explained.
