- Bilawal predicts PPP victory in AJK.
- Sanaullah rejects criticism of Asif.
- OPP renews demand for truth commission.
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah on Sunday warned that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s recent remarks could worsen the political situation, calling his comments inappropriate.
Talking further Pakinomist news program ‘Jirga’, Sanaullah said Bilawal’s remarks about Defense Minister Khawaja Asif reflected an inappropriate attitude.
He urged the PPP chairman to speak “like a national leader instead of promoting hate for votes”. The senior politician also said that the PML-N had never had a tradition of expelling party members “with a kick”.
Referring to the situation in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Sanaullah said that the AJK Prime Minister had declared the Joint Action Committee a banned organization and the federal government supported the decision.
He claimed that Bilawal appeared to oppose this decision through his remarks. He also said that the government had neither registered an FIR against Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman nor wanted to prolong the case.
Addressing an election rally in Kotli, Bilawal challenged the PML-N, saying that it would suffer a historic defeat in the upcoming AJK elections and that only the PPP would form the next government.
He said the future of Kashmir was “not in anyone’s pocket but in the hands of the Kashmiri people”, adding that the people of Kashmir alone would decide their future.
Criticizing ministers from the PML-N, alleging that they were hurting Kashmiris, Bilawal said that until Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif responded to Defense Minister Asif’s statement, he would consider it the policy of the federal government.
Bilawal reiterated his demand for a truth and reconciliation commission on the situation in AJK and urged the government to restore internet services.
He said no response had yet been received from stakeholders regarding the proposal and asked the government to suggest an alternative solution if the commission could not be established.
