Bilawal slams government for 'anti-people' policies
PPP chairman accuses PML-N of using its own “label” on projects conceived by PPP
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari speaking at a mass wedding ceremony of 50 couples organised by the Ameer Begum Welfare Trust in Bahria Town Lahore. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari criticised on Sunday Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif-led federal government for its “anti-people” policies.
“Instead of spending funds on charitable projects the current government is running behind colourful buses,” Bilawal said while addressing a gathering at a mass marriages ceremony organised at Bahria Town in Lahore.
Only Bhuttos are saviours of Sindh, says Bilawal
Further, the PPP chairman accused the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of using its “label” on the projects conceived by the PPP. “The PML-N is renaming the projects initiated by the PPP and re-launching them with its own name,” he said, adding the country is in a dire need of charitable organisations.
Bilawal claimed that the ruling party imposed fresh taxes worth Rs40 billion on the poor people without Parliament’s endorsement thereby increasing the rate of inflation and unemployment in the country.
Criticising the prime minister’s Rs341 billion Kisan Package, Bilawal said the poor farmers were neglected by the government and nothing is being done for providing them with relief. The PPP chairman went on urging the federal government to spend more on food, health and education for the poor than what it was currently spending.
Bilawal’s speech comes in wake of rising criticism against his own government in Sindh over poor management of health and food facilities across the rural areas of the province, especially the famine-stricken areas of Tharparkar and Mithi.
14 children die of malnutrition in Tharparkar
On Saturday, Sindh farmers’ representative bodies pledged to protest against the pricing issue with the Sindh government and the sugar mills. At a luncheon in Hyderabad, the farmers’ representative bodies briefed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s central leader MNA Arif Alvi about the issue and enlisted the party’s support in their favour.
“Protest is the only way to solve this issue because the [Sindh] government is playing partisan with the millers, especially the Omni group,” said Alvi, referring to a company that controls several sugar mills allegedly owned by PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari.
“Instead of spending funds on charitable projects the current government is running behind colourful buses,” Bilawal said while addressing a gathering at a mass marriages ceremony organised at Bahria Town in Lahore.
Only Bhuttos are saviours of Sindh, says Bilawal
Further, the PPP chairman accused the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of using its “label” on the projects conceived by the PPP. “The PML-N is renaming the projects initiated by the PPP and re-launching them with its own name,” he said, adding the country is in a dire need of charitable organisations.
Bilawal claimed that the ruling party imposed fresh taxes worth Rs40 billion on the poor people without Parliament’s endorsement thereby increasing the rate of inflation and unemployment in the country.
Criticising the prime minister’s Rs341 billion Kisan Package, Bilawal said the poor farmers were neglected by the government and nothing is being done for providing them with relief. The PPP chairman went on urging the federal government to spend more on food, health and education for the poor than what it was currently spending.
Bilawal’s speech comes in wake of rising criticism against his own government in Sindh over poor management of health and food facilities across the rural areas of the province, especially the famine-stricken areas of Tharparkar and Mithi.
14 children die of malnutrition in Tharparkar
On Saturday, Sindh farmers’ representative bodies pledged to protest against the pricing issue with the Sindh government and the sugar mills. At a luncheon in Hyderabad, the farmers’ representative bodies briefed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s central leader MNA Arif Alvi about the issue and enlisted the party’s support in their favour.
“Protest is the only way to solve this issue because the [Sindh] government is playing partisan with the millers, especially the Omni group,” said Alvi, referring to a company that controls several sugar mills allegedly owned by PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari.