{"id":5945,"date":"2021-06-04T18:19:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T18:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=5945"},"modified":"2021-06-04T18:19:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T18:19:50","slug":"raiwands-prime-minister-sent-abroad-despite-conviction-bilawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=5945&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Raiwand&#8217;s prime minister&#8217; sent abroad despite conviction: Bilawal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Mishaal Arshad C.M.Underground News.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Bilawal hits out at PML-N, PTI.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Crticises dual standards of accountability.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Slams PTI\u2019s economic policies.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday said \u201cRaiwand\u2019s prime minister\u201d Nawaz Sharif was sent abroad despite being convicted, as he lashed out at the ruling PTI and PML-N.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf the president (Asif Ali Zardari) is from Nawabshah, he remains on medical bail despite trumped-up charges,\u201d the PPP chairman said, during a press conference in Islamabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bilawal said Zardari remains in Pakistan \u2014 moving from one doctor to another \u2014 despite his children telling him to go abroad and seek treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to ask the prime minister (Imran Khan) that what sort of accountability is being implemented in the country?\u201d he asked, adding that if the premier\u2019s friends are being alleged of a crime, no action is taken against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He went on to say that despite accusations against the prime minister and his sister, no action is taken against them either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, if the sister of a former president from Nawabshah is blamed for something, \u201cthen she is dragged to jail from her hospital bed\u201d, he said, referring to PPP leader Faryal Talpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Opposition leader from Lahore vs Sukkur<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PPP chairman then continued to lash out at the PTI-led government over its standards of accountability. \u201cThis system is a mockery of the Constitution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf the Opposition leader is from Lahore (Shahbaz Sharif), he is awarded bail, and if the Opposition leader hails from Sukkur (Khursheed Shah), he is denied the right and treated like a ping-pong ball, sent back and forth from NAB courts to the Supreme Court,\u201d Bilawal said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PPP chairman claimed the authorities were repeatedly blackmailing Shah\u2019s children and his wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bilawal said the people would soon hold PTI and PM Imran Khan accountable for their alleged corruption and mismanagement. He further vowed his party would not back down from its stance despite the government\u2019s pressure on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PPP to not back down from its stance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bilawal said PPP would not back down as it believed in the power of the people and parliament, adding that if the Opposition parties were not capable of sending the government packing, then in the next election, the people would do their work for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhy are you begging (for handouts) from the Arab countries and the IMF?\u201d asked the PPP chairman, dismissing the government\u2019s claims that Pakistan was progressing economically.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bilawal claimed whether it was Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin or any other minister, the government was now coming to the terms that the PPP\u2019s stance was correct.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PM not aware not of common man\u2019s problems<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you remember, President Zardari had said \u2018NAB and the economy cannot run together,'\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hitting out at the prime minister, Bilawal said judging by PM Imran Khan\u2019s statements, it was clear he wasn\u2019t aware of the common man\u2019s problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe prime minister says Pakistan\u2019s days of crisis are over. Not sure about the common man but the IMF\u2019s difficult time is over, for sure,\u201d he said, in sarcasm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the incumbent finance minister had \u201cadmitted\u201d that the government had been handling financial matters in a poor manner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mishaal Arshad C.M.Underground News. Bilawal hits out at PML-N, PTI. Crticises dual standards of accountability. 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