ISLAMABAD
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari wasted no time while taking the floor and warned the Speaker that he would violate Constitution and commit contempt of court if he did not hold voting on the no-confidence motion.
Speaking in the National Assembly on Saturday, Bilawal roared at the treasury benches, telling them that Niazi was violating the Constitution and the court’s order. “You cannot take up anything else except for what is on the agenda. Not only you, the speaker also did the same,” Bilawal told the noisy government lawmakers.
Bilawal maintained that this was not the first time the court had set aside the speaker’s ruling.
Turning his guns on Prime Minister Imran Khan, a belligerent Bilawal said that the premier was breaking the law on his way out of office. “If you want to be involved in it, then it’s your choice. But I had warned the prime minister to stay away from the man speaking before me,” he said, referring to Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
The PPP chairman alleged that Qureshi was responsible for Imran Khan’s troubles, again calling for a vote to be held on the no-confidence motion. “If you don’t come to today’s agenda, then you should know that the opposition will not leave […] we will snatch our constitutional rights from you.”
Bilawal Bhutto, who spoke after Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, said that “I had warned Imran Khan that the man speaking before me (Qureshi) will lead you towards destruction”.
Bilawal Bhutto was of the view that he feels Imran Khan shouldn’t heed to advice from people who are urging him to take unconstitutional moves will lead him towards destruction.
“They aren’t sincere with you, Mr Khan, they don’t want to see you in
power or in politics,” said Bilawal adding that resorting to such moves
may leave him ineligible to do politics or contest elections in
Pakistan.
The PPP chairman said that the government had lost its majority in the
assembly and then they could see the ‘conspiracy letter’. “We can debate
on the foreign conspiracy for 100 days but first hold the vote,” he
added.
Bilawal Bhutto categorically rejected the government’s claim that the
no-confidence motion is backed by a foreign country and said that the
opposition and especially his party was contemplating the move for
months.
Bilawal alleged that the government had told several lies in this whole
saga. The supposed conversation took place on March 7 and the
no-confidence was presented on March 8, he said, adding “But there is a
time difference between Pakistan and America which means that the
no-trust move was presented as the conversation was underway.”
Bilawal warned the NA Speaker Asad Qaiser and the Panel of Chair Amjad
Niazi that by delaying the voting on no-confidence vote, he is not only
violating the Constitution of Pakistan but is becoming guilty of
contempt of court by not following Supreme Court’s orders in the case.
