Staff Reporter
Karachi
PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari lambasted the PTI government on Friday for its “undemocratic attitude” and for “using [state] institutions as political props.”
In a press conference in Karachi, a visibly charged Bilawal criticised Prime Minister Imran Khan for reiterating that all state institutions, including the army, stand by him.
“I believe that Imran Khan should not use institutions, especially the army, as political props. He keeps saying ‘this institution is with me, that institution is with me’ everywhere. These institutions do not belong to a political party, they are Pakistan’s institutions,” the PPP chief said.
Bilawal warned the government that several options for the opposition’s anti-government campaign are on the cards, including resignation from the parliament.
He also addressed the prime minister’s statement that the opposition did not get along with the armed forces because the latter “is aware of all their theft”. The prime minister had made these remarks in a speech delivered minutes before Bilawal’s press conference.
Bilawal lashed out at the government warning it that “those who were not afraid of dictators will not be afraid of a cricketer.”
The PPP chairman said that his party had been criticising this government since day one and its facilitators. He said that political parties could not raise their voice in the parliament as it had been rendered a “rubber stamp” one.
“The media is stopped [from criticising the government] and our interviews are censored,” he said. “Insha’Allah, all opposition parties, together, will finish this inept government.”
The PPP chairman said that the country was failing on all fronts, including foreign and economic policy, as a “selected” government had been imposed on Pakistan.
Bilawal said that the incumbent government had gone so far in their “revenge policy that they filed sedition charges” against Azad Jammu and Kasmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider. “The country can no longer bear the burden of this government.”
