Bilawal said that Khan cannot become Zulfikar Ali Bhutto with his rhetoric on foreign policy, saying that his policies did no good to the country….reports Asian Lite News
Opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of being a “foreign-funded agent who has been planted to destroy the country’s economy, and foreign policy, The News International reported.
The PPP Chairman said that Khan had deliberately damaged the Kashmir cause by issuing statements in favour of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the 2019 elections in India.
He made the remarks while addressing a press conference on Sunday at the Zardari House along with former prime minister and opposition leader in the Senate Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Senator Sherry Rehman, Faisal Karim Kundi and Shazia Marri.
Bilawal said that Khan cannot become Zulfikar Ali Bhutto with his rhetoric on foreign policy, saying that his policies did no good to the country.
“You are a foreign-sponsored agent who was planted in our system to destroy the country’s economy, slow down the work on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and isolate Pakistan at the international level with wrong policies,” the PPP Chairman said, adding that the PTI government’s policies had angered Pakistan’s long-term allies.
“He is adopting the foreign policy of India. What is the difference between his foreign policy and that of India right now?
“You have distanced Pakistan from its long-term friends – the US and the European Union – with which we have trade relations worth billions of dollars,” he said.
The PPP Chair said that the people of Pakistan resent the incumbent government’s economic policies and will not forgive anyone who votes in favour of you in the no-confidence motion.
Oppn backtracks on sit-in threat
The Pakistan joint opposition has backtracked on its threat to block the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Foreign Ministers’ summit in Islamabad over the government’s alleged plans to delay a vote on the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, Samaa TV reported.
In a statement issued on Saturday shortly after Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari warned the government of a sit-in, the joint opposition said that it would not allow Pakistan’s internal political situation and political wrangling to affect the OIC meetings.
The joint opposition said that welcomes the OIC Foreign Ministers and delegates to Pakistan and assured that it would play its role to make their stay memorable and pleasan.
Earlier, the joint opposition had asked the National Assembly Speaker to allow it to table the no-confidence motion against Khan on Monday, instead of adjourning the session for several days.
In the event the Speaker tried to postpone the session, the opposition would block the OIC summit, it warned.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Shehbaz Sharif, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam’s Fazlur Rehman and other leaders addressed the press conference after a key meeting of the opposition parties at the Islamabad residence of Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday.
They warned the National Assembly speakers that if he adjourned the NA session citing the OIC foreign minister conference, the opposition members will stage a sit-in in the National Assembly hall.
“We will see how you convene the OIC conference,” said Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
The OIC conference is scheduled to be held in the same hall on March 22-23.
NA Speaker Asad Qaiser was quoted by Geo News on Friday as saying that he has the power to postpone the NA session for an indefinite period, sparking fears among opposition that the speaker may not allow them to move the no-trust motion.
However, a spokesperson later said the speaker had said nothing to that effect.