Bilawal's Iftar-dinner stirs debate on social media
PM Imran says all those present at Iftar-dinner the real reason why Pakistan has not progressed
Leadership of opposition parties gather at Zardari House in Islamabad. PHOTO COURTESY: TWITTER/@PML-N
With leaders of major opposition parties coming together for an Iftar-dinner held by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday sending Twitterati into a frenzy with certain quarters heralding the event while others castigating it.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice-president Maryam Nawaz, PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) senior leader Liaquat Baloch, Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Sherpao and Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leadership were all in attendance for the event organised at Zardari House in Islamabad.
Prime Minister Imran Khan hit out at the opposition by saying: "Today certain people have gathered for an event but we really know that it is because of them that Pakistan has not moved forward."
Opposition puts up 'grand show' at Iftar-dinner in Islamabad
He remarked while speaking at a fundraising Iftar for the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital in Islamabad.
This was the first time Bilawal and Maryam met face to face as key leaders of their respective parties.
Social media users lauded the two leaders as the new faces behind the two biggest opposition parties in the country, with some even saying that they had now taken the mantle from former premiers Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto.
PPP Senator Sherry Rehman spoke out saying that"Why such a storm in a teacup over our Iftar? Dinner has barely been served and the government representatives are already losing sleep?"
While PPP MNA Nafisa Shah tweeted that it is difficult to understand how a simple Iftar has caused such a storm amongst the Imran Khan-led Paksitan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice-president Maryam Nawaz, PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) senior leader Liaquat Baloch, Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Sherpao and Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leadership were all in attendance for the event organised at Zardari House in Islamabad.
Prime Minister Imran Khan hit out at the opposition by saying: "Today certain people have gathered for an event but we really know that it is because of them that Pakistan has not moved forward."
Opposition puts up 'grand show' at Iftar-dinner in Islamabad
He remarked while speaking at a fundraising Iftar for the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital in Islamabad.
This was the first time Bilawal and Maryam met face to face as key leaders of their respective parties.
Social media users lauded the two leaders as the new faces behind the two biggest opposition parties in the country, with some even saying that they had now taken the mantle from former premiers Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto.
PPP Senator Sherry Rehman spoke out saying that"Why such a storm in a teacup over our Iftar? Dinner has barely been served and the government representatives are already losing sleep?"
While PPP MNA Nafisa Shah tweeted that it is difficult to understand how a simple Iftar has caused such a storm amongst the Imran Khan-led Paksitan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).