As the saying goes ‘actions speak louder than words’
KARACHI: The article written by Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto in The Guardian two days ago about the bravado of his mother, Benazir Bhutto, shows his and his party’s double standards. In the article, Bilawal talks highly of his mother, which is indeed true as Benazir was a force to be reckoned with.
However, his talk of women’s empowerment and pretentious progressiveness falls short when compared to the ground realities as regards women in Sindh. Not only do women and girls in the province fare worse in terms of their nutritional level, with women in Nigeria faring much better, but many are also out of school. Women are also killed in the name of honour.
In the region of Thar, women are vulnerable to climate change, while little girls belonging to a religious minority are forcibly converted and married off at an early age. With all this and more happening right under the nose of Bilawal in his own province, it is ironic that he chose to write about the values of his mother at a time when the country is nearing its third consecutive general elections.
As the saying goes ‘actions speak louder than words’, the PPP has failed to deliver anything positive in the past eight years in Sindh.
Ramsha Jahangir
Published in The Express Tribune, February 21st, 2018.
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