Daily Times

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Thursday said that his party intends to call an all-parties conference to devise a national narrative to take the country out of the prevailing crises.

Speaking during a virtual consultative meeting of the party, the PPP chairman observed that “an ignorant, disconnected, callous and arrogant prime minister, who has little knowledge about the constitution and its importance has declared the constitutional powers of the elected chief ministers as dictatorial.” “He obviously has no idea of how a Federation works let alone the significance of distribution of resources among the federating units,” he remarked.

Bilawal said the disastrous policies and confused messaging of PM Imran Khan has allowed the pandemic to spin out of control and everyone is surprised that he appears adamant against a lockdown despite a huge surge in deaths due to the disease.

“Prime Minister has openly ignored the warnings from WHO, health professionals and the opposition parties,” he added.

The PPP chief said that PTI government has pushed the country into a very dangerous situation by neglecting health and agriculture in the budget, and warned that Imran Khan will be held responsible if locust attacks drag Pakistan into a famine. “Certain statements of Prime Minister Imran Khan show that he is not aware about the importance of NFC Award,” he said, questioning as to how a country will run when its chief executive is unaware of the importance of distribution of resources among the federating units.

He expressed concerns about Imran Khan’s statements against 18th Amendment and termed those as an attack on 1973 constitution. He exhorted the party leaders to play an effective role in exposing the ‘incompetence’ of Imran Khan in front of the people and the parliament “before he destroys everything this nation has built through the hard work and sacrifices of its people since independence”.

Those who joined the virtual session included Raja Parvez Ashraf, Senator Sherry Rehman, Syed Naveed Qamar, Maula Bux Chandio, Farhatullah Babur and Dr Nafisa Shah.