KANDHKOT: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday questioned Prime Minister Imran Khan’s unwavering defence of Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar.
It merits a mention that the Usman Buzdar-led government has recently received criticism from all sectors of society as a Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) ‘encounter’ in Sahiwal resulted in the deaths of three members of a family.
Bilawal was speaking to reporters after addressing a rally organised to memorialise Mir Hazar Khan Bijrani on his first death anniversary. He said that the umpire’s will determines the outcome of a cricket match while it is the nation’s will that has a say in politics.
Then, he said that a “first-class team” was apparently prepared to run Punjab and mocked that who did that comprise of? Buzdar?
There were many hopeful candidates for the seat of Punjab chief minister, but then there came Buzdar, he said. What is it about Buzdar that the prime minister supports him so much, he wondered rhetorically.
He also referred to PM Imran’s earlier comment in which he compared the provincial chief minister with former cricketers claiming that as a captain, he himself selected players who went on to become superstars like Inzamamul Haq and Wasim Akram, and the case of Buzdar is no different.
Bilawal mocked that even Akram asks what is his fault that he is being likened to the sorts of Buzdar.
Moreover, Bilawal spoke of the recent power struggle between the Sindh government and centre over the issue of the 18th Amendment. He said that the federal government seems to be unwilling to implement the 18th Amendment in an attempt to “snatch institutions established by the Sindh government”.
Asserting that PPP will explore “legal and political” options to protect the provision, he said that the matter will be raised within the Parliament. He concluded that his party has “seen difficult times” and the “puppet prime minister” cannot do anything to impede their path.
