LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has made it clear that his party will stand by the constitutional institutions in case of any confrontation with government, warning any collision with institutions will be dangerous for both democracy and the country.
In a statement on Tuesday, the PPP chairman said there would be stiff resistance against the PML-N and in favour of institutions in case of any conflict.
Bilawal pointed out that these institutions were built with the sacrifices of “our leadership” and nobody would be allowed to sacrifice those constitutional institutions for his family. “Our leadership suffered judicial murders and we took dead bodies, but we never indulged in confrontations with the institutions,” he said, adding, “We sacrificed our prime ministers and elected governments, still we accepted decisions of the institutions.” The PPP chairman further said that the party sacrificed even its offices before the court decisions, adding that the Nawaz government should not remain in a misunderstanding that the PPP would allow anyone to jump into confrontation with the institutions. “Takht-e-Raiwind should forget that they will sacrifice the institutions for the sake of its family and we will remain silent,” Bilawal Bhutto Zardari added.
The PPP chairman pledged that his party would stand by the country’s constitutional institutions and would not allow Nawaz Sharif to repeat his past mistakes. He added that the people would stand like a rock before “Takht-e-Raiwind” if it attempted to belittle or degrade the institutions.
Published in Daily Times, November 22nd 2017.
