ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), a defunct political party, benefited from the last-minute symbol snatching, according to PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who blamed the judiciary for the current crisis surrounding the reserved seats. The judiciary not only turned a minor constitutional crisis into a full-blown one.
Speaking on the National Assembly floor, the PPP chairman attacked the higher judiciary for its decisions about the PTI both before and after the general elections, focusing primarily on the issue of reserved seats. He claimed that the seats were being given to them like “candy.”
The PPP head stated, “A storm in a teacup in Pakistan is currently being transformed into a full-blown constitutional crisis; the judiciary itself is responsible for this crisis, not me, not the speaker, not the members, not the PM, or the Parliament.” “This is a crisis of the judiciary, by the judiciary, and for the judiciary,” he continued.
The PPP chairman claimed in his speech that Omar Ayub, the Leader of the Opposition in NA, need to be questioned about if the ruling political parties stole the PTI’s recognizable “bat” emblem. In response, Bilawal said that the court had declared that their internal elections had been manipulated, which is why they were not eligible for a symbol and were not classified as a political party.
Bilawal claimed that the last-minute decision “mobilized it [PTI], benefiting a dead political party with no election campaign.” Bilawal said, “A decision then was made to distribute the seats amongst them as if they are candy,” referencing the Supreme Court’s recent statement that this was not the objective behind denying the PTI the bat emblem.
Bilawal emphasized that the goal of creating this city, Islamabad, and the existence of legislators would remain pointless as long as the nation does not embrace the Constitution, law, and a democratic demeanor, and its institutions do not function within their bounds. He remarked, “Our only recommendation would be for political discourse to occur in order to reclaim the space of politicians without the political division and hatred.”
Speaking in front of the assembly, Bilawal claimed that the nation was dealing with numerous crises and that it was unable to adequately handle problems including rising inflation and deteriorating law and order. He expressed sorrow, saying, “We are not even able to form the bare minimum consensus on protecting the country from terrorism.”
Bilawal expressed concern that “we are hurling insults at each other on the television,” but he also challenged us to find a way to compete with one another in the political sphere and work toward finding solutions to the problems that the public faces.
Bilawal cited the political workers as an example of how they were keeping a close eye on the situation in Bangladesh. He added that the quota for the Army’s martyrs was the cause of the protests that broke out there, adding that it had been reinstated by the court after being eliminated by former prime minister Sheikh Haseena Wajid in 2018. “The entire region should learn from this and address the real issues of the people,” Bilawal stated, adding that “the protests could not be stopped and Hasina Wajid had to leave her post.”
The divide between institutions is the problem of the month, according to Chairman Bilawal, who also noted that it is being caused by the ongoing meddling of “an institution [judiciary] with this institution [Parliament]”.
He declared, “Our judiciary has also broken world records; Pakistan’s judiciary is so capable that it not only runs the court but also builds dams,” adding that the judiciary’s history predates the entire nation. “No judiciary in the world can compete with our judiciary; it can even fight inflation and set the prices of tomatoes and samosas,” he declared.
“We are thankful to the judiciary to have given us justice after a three-generation long struggle on our end, that began with Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s martyrdom,” Chairman Bilawal stated, adding that although the nation’s population are still waiting for justice. He stated that although the judiciary acknowledged that he had not received a fair trial, they were unable to take any decisive action to make this right.
Bilawal, meanwhile, congratulated Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem on winning the Olympics in Paris. He claimed that by setting a new Olympic record and winning the gold medal for Pakistan, Arshad changed history. “This demonstrates that Pakistani youth can succeed when given the chance,” he declared.
Bilawal urged the House to come to an agreement on aiding Pakistani young, who are capable of winning such honors. Because of the flood of talent in Lyari alone, he claimed that every other young player had the potential to win the FIFA World Cup. The PPP president reported that he recently met young girls from DI Khan who compete in Taekwondo and brought medals for Pakistan to Peshawar.
He said, “It is regrettable that neither the federal government nor the provincial government provided the necessary support; every province of Pakistan should win a medal in the next Olympics.” Additionally, he recommended that the Federal Minister for Sports create an endowment fund for this purpose in coordination with all provincial ministries.
According to Bilawal, the labor abilities and talents of Pakistani youth have transformed huge arid regions like the Middle East into bustling cities. He asserted that Pakistan possesses every resource conceivable. He claimed that Islamabad was created only for the benefit of the populace and that the nation’s largest institutions are housed in these structures.
Along with all the politicians and other influential figures in the nation, there is also a battalion of bureaucracy. He did point out that since the creation of this city, we have never lived up to its intended purpose. As a result of political infighting and military generals’ adventurism, Bilawal claimed, “we start making up conspiracies and fighting amongst one another and we keep suffering losses.”
“With unprecedented polarization, the politics of hate and division is at its peak,” he lamented.
