Bilawal credits jiyalas for end to ‘selected PM’s rule’

Hard work and struggle of the jiyalas ended the rule of selected PM Imran Khan, said PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari while addressing a ceremony held at Garhi Khuda Bux late last night on the occasion of the 43rd martyrdom of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

"We have exposed true face of Imran to the world," Bilawal said. "On the very first day we declared him a selected rather an elected PM and told the world that he was imposed on us through an electoral fraud," the PPP chairman said.

He said that Imran Khan started attacks on the constitution, democracy, media and 18th amendment from the very first day of his rule. On the intoxication of his power every citizen's liberty was attacked, freedom of the press was attacked, independence of judiciary was attacked and parliament was attacked and did not tolerate criticism from any political opponent, Bilawal added.

During the three years he did nothing for the people, and if he did, only for himself and his friends. Imran promised that he would commit suicide but would not go to the IMF, but the deal he made with the same IMF was detrimental to the country and the people. This deal has upset every Pakistani and every class. The farmers toiled from dawn till dusk, but the policies of Imran Khan did not allow them to receive the reward of their hard work. Imran Khan promised 10 million jobs to the youth, but did not fulfill his commitment. Imran Khan did not even forgive pensioners and raised the prices of medicines.

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The PPP chairman said that Imran Khan has proved to be a liar and a hypocrite, this person will no longer be the PM. He claimed to end corruption, but broke the corruption record. Amnesty International calls Imran Khan's worst corrupt government today, Imran Khan's own people are accusing him and the first lady of corruption, but Imran Khan is not responding. Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that when we were speaking that the public would march and pull out Imran Khan, he was thinking we were joking, he was calling us as a kid, making fun of no confidence motion. Bilawal said that the Prime Minister was so cowardly that he was running away rather than facing us.

Bilawal said that whatever decision comes from the Supreme Court, the seat of Imran Khan will not be saved. He has the misconception that he will come back to power. You were defeated in parliament, now you will be defeated in the people's court, Bilawal declared. The PPP Chairman said, "We are soldiers of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, and his constitution is the trust that we will protect." He said that if this judiciary can take advantage of the opportunity to steer the country out of crisis, the stain on the judiciary could be washed away, adding the constitution should be ratified, and parliament should be given the opportunity to make electoral reforms so that no future elections are disputed. Bilawal said that the PPP never got a clear election, but the jiyalas never backed down. He said that if the decision of the judiciary increases the dignity of the parliament, then Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif will be elected and reforms will be made, but if the decision is something else then we are ready for the election.

"We have seen with our own eyes that in all four provinces there is echo of the slogans of Jeay Bhutto. PPP Chairman said Imran Khan has been constantly talking about foreign conspiracy, we demand that evidence be brought."

He said that when Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was threatened by Henry Kissinger, he took it because the Quaid-e-Awam made Pakistan an atomic force. Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto gave the country missile technology. President Asif Ali Zardari gave projects such as Pak-Iran gas pipeline and CPEC.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 6^th, 2022.