Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to step down in the country’s best interest, saying that the people are suffering due to unprecedented inflation and unemployment
Addressing the National Assembly on Tuesday, Bilawal, reminding the premier of his pledges he made during the victory speech after the general elections in July 2018, the Pakistan People’s Party leader said that Imran Khan used to say that he would rather commit suicide instead of borrowing foreign loans.
“Now… we will not ask him to commit suicide but at least for the sake of the people he must accept his mistake and resign so that the masses could be provided relief,” he added. He said that the ruling PTI has borrowed a highest-ever loan of the country’s history.
“The government-owned State Bank has confirmed that Rs11,000 billion loans have been borrowed since the PTI came into power,
whereas, during the last 61 years only Rs6,000 billion were borrowed.”
Bilawal also mocked lawmakers of the PTI, calling them “junior minsters”. Only junior ministers and state ministers attend the National Assembly sessions, he said while expressing hope that the PM’s adviser on Finance Abdul Hafeez Shaikh would brief the members of lower house of parliament on the current economic situation.
“The empty seats tell you how much importance the government attaches to such an important issue,” he said. “The technology minister and postal services minister are here. But these are ‘chota’ ministers,” he added.
“Bilawal sahab, minister minister hota hai,” said Speaker Asad Qaiser, prompting laughs from the treasury benches. The PPP chairman continued with his address,saying that the PTI turned the situation from bad to worse.ions confirmed this.
