Bilawal says govt behaving in a childish manner

Author: Agencies

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday said the federal government’s responses to opposition’s concerns in parliament were ‘childish’.

“The government is responding to the opposition’s concerns on the finance bill in a childish manner,” Bilawal said while speaking to the media in the National Assembly lounge.

“If the government does not address our reservations, then how will we support it?” he asked.

The PPP chairman further criticised the government and said, “Members of the government are levelling allegations as if they are still in the opposition.”

When questioned about the accountability court’s order to auction former finance minister Ishaq Dar’s assets, Bilawal said, “I have not yet read the judgment.”

Last week, Finance Minister Asad Umar presented the supplementary finance bill in the National Assembly and announced cuts in planned development spending and a tax increase for higher earners.

Earlier in the day, Defence Minister Pervaiz Khattak, while addressing the NA session, said: “After five years we will defeat the opposition in such a way that they will never be able to forget.” “The nation brought us to the top and left them at the bottom,” he added.

Published in Daily Times, October 3rd 2018.

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