Bilawal Bhutto Zardari gives another strong blow to opposition alliance PDM
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In an apparent blow to the opposition parties’ effort to increase pressure on the incumbent PTI government, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto has decided not to be a part of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) protest in front of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) scheduled for next week.
According to a private TV channel report, a delegation of PPP will attend the protest outside the ECP’s office in Islamabad, and Bilawal will visit Umer Kot on the day of the protest and will then attend the PDM’s rally planned for Sargodha on January 23.
Talking to reporters on Saturday, the PPP chairman said he hopes after the protest outside ECP office, “we won’t be disappointed like in the past”. He said the PPP, as well as he, in a personal capacity will fully participate in highlighting the issue through press conferences and other means. “There are very serious allegations that the PTI is a foreign-funded party. Their own member has raised allegations. But unfortunately, whether it is the court or the election commission, the truth has not been forth before the people,” he said. “This is why the Pakistan Democratic Movement will protest on January 19 outside the Election Commission of Pakistan and will demand that the case be taken to its conclusion and all the facts of the case be made public,” he added.
Bilawal said the people must be told which people from which countries ‘gave so much money to PTI’. “If a citizen from India or from Israel funds a Pakistan party there must be a reason behind it,” he maintained.
Bilawal said it must be probed “why this money was given to PTI and since PTI came into power did they facilitate these people in any way or not”. He said he believes “if such a senior member has provided proof of such a serious allegation”, the truth of these allegations should have been put before the public by now.
Responding to a reporter’s query regarding PPP “using back-door channels to hold talks with the government”, he denied and condemned such reports, saying, “You yourself accept that these are negative reports. Had there been any truth you would have known about it. There is no such thing.”
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