KARACHI: Addressing a Presser here today Chairman PPP-P Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said whatever happened to Maryam Nawaz and Capt. (R) Safdar was extremely shameful and he was unable to show his face for what happened with his guests in his province.
“I am ashamed and cannot show my face at how this happened in my province. How can such a politically weak case involving sloganeering at the Mazar-e-Quaid can stir up such a storm,” said Bilawal.
He said that not only PM Imran Khan and PTI workers had resorted to raising slogan at Quaid’s Mazar, even workers of banned outfits had done the same: “Did anyone even dare to register an FIR against them”, he pointed out.
Commenting on the pressure put on Police in order to arrest Capt. (R) Bilawal Bhutto said he wanted Police to function independently: “We don’t want political interference in our police but that also doesn’t mean we will tolerate interference from anywhere else.”
Bilawal Bhutto maintained: “Such important persons from these institutions should be focusing on the national security matters and law and order issues of the province…
“Our civilian institutions and these institutions have to work together…
“The way this entire incident has unfolded, I cannot tolerate this. We all want the country to move forward. The problems that Pakistan is facing today cannot be solved by one party.”
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, holding that precedent like ‘Karachi Incident’ could not be set, maintained that all institutions must work within their constitutional limits. Holding that precedent like ‘Karachi Incident’ could not be set, maintained that all institutions must work within their constitutional limits.
Chairman PPP-P asked stakeholders to exercise restraint, adding that there should be some red lines that should not be crossed despite political issues. He further pointed out that a lot of red lines had been crossed in this incident.
“How will my police do its work if they are not accorded respect. Institutions are accountable, I ask them to hold their own investigation as well.
“We have been elected by the people of this province, they gave us a historic mandate. If our government goes, so be it. I stand with my police, their respect is mine and vice versa,” he promised not to compromise on the integrity of the Police force.
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