PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday lambasted the PTI for inviting “interference from the same people” that its leaders recently lectured on the importance of upholding the Constitution.
Speaking in the National Assembly, Bilawal said: “While upholding the Constitution, they do not talk with politicians. To uphold the Constitution, they are making the same people — who the opposition leader (Omar Ayub) was lecturing […] that do not interfere in politics — interfere by forcefully grabbing their feet.”
On Tuesday, PTI’s Omar Ayub had highlighted the Constitutional limits for state institutions, suggesting that violators of the Constitution should be tried for treason under Article 6 (high treason).
At the outset of his speech, Bilawal said “thought the opposition might have forgotten its responsibility, it was our (government’s) responsibility to remind them that if they are members of this House and are receiving salaries, those would be Halal if they fulfil their responsibility.”
He then called for the PTI to also fulfil its role in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where it is in power, adding that it was instead “crying only about their matters”, causing uproar from the opposition.
Detailing the PPP’s work, Bilawal said, “The province of Sindh invites the PTI and their government that they come and visit our hospitals; we would show them and teach them that how free and quality treatment is provided to the poor public.
“We are ready to work with your government as well that there should be free and quality treatment in Peshawar like the NICVD,” he added.
At one point during his speech, the PPP chairman said he would like to express his dismay at the opposition’s “non-serious attitude”, at which the opposition benches voiced protest.
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