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Continuing his tirade against the government, Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has warned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of severe consequences if the latter fails to meet his four demands by December 27.
His demands are formation of a parliamentary committee on national security, adopting the PPP-drafted bill on Panama Papers leaks probe, implementing the decision of the multi-party conference chaired by Asif Zardari on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and appointing a full-time foreign minister.
Speaking to media representatives at Bilawal House in Karachi on Tuesday, the PPP chairman said that if the prime minister fails to respond to the PPP's demand for a bill to probe Panama Papers leaks by December 27, then that will spell consequences for him and his government.
"If he is not willing to respond to our demand for a bill to probe Panama Papers leaks, if he is conceding that he is not the country's democratically elected prime minister but an Amirul Momineen who is answerable to no one, then after December 27, we will teach him how to do opposition and will demand answers from him," Bilawal said.
Chiding Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif further, Bilawal said "the premier had jeopardised his children's political future by buying properties overseas in their name...he is shameless".
About CPEC, Bilawal said the project was Asif Ali Zardari's brainchild and when it was becoming controversial, the then government had called an All Parties Conference (APC) to dispel misgivings and develop consensus.
"It is our simple demand to implement the decisions taken in the APC on CPEC so we can ensure democratic accountability of the country's economy," the PPP chairman said.
He said the PPP also wanted democratic accountability of the country's foreign policy. "We want that accountability, and the first step for this is for us to get a foreign minister," he said.
“Our demands will go a long way in carrying out democratic accountability of all the institutions and to curb corruption of every kind,” he said.
“I know you are tired of listening to the things I have been saying for months now but we too have reached the end of our tether," the PPP chairman said.
He added that after December 27, the PPP’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) and its federal council will hold their first joint meeting since the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and decide on the party’s future course of action.
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Dec 13, 2016 04:35pm
Bilawal is incompetent and being played in the hands of old PPP cronies.
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Dec 13, 2016 04:34pm
Stop acting and stop fooling the nation. The nation knows that PPP and PMLN are together and they take turns. Peoples party did nothing in their last term, you don't derserve to be back. 2018 election is clearly PTI vs PMLN. I hope PTI wins because we need a change. Noon league has had too many opportunaties and have failed. Please Pakistani people wake up. Imran Khan is not the best but he is much better than Nawaz Sharif and Bilawal.
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Dec 13, 2016 04:43pm
If you are so loyal first bring back the money looted by your party leaders then talk about the accountability of others.
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Dec 13, 2016 04:48pm
What are his qualifications? How many years of his life he has spent in this country? Are such offsprings the only potential and real dynastic rulers left here? When will the nation wake up? Any hope for real democracy here?
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Dec 13, 2016 04:48pm
who exactly are you? you are more corrupt them NS and as incompetent!
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Dec 13, 2016 04:56pm
When i look at this guy Bilawal, I feel there is no hope for Pakistan, I praye he never wins and stays on the sidelines.What has he or his party done for Pakistan or even Sindh, He may be educated at Oxford, but even in his ancestral towns, people live as if its the 1880's. Whatever people say about Shanbaz Sharif, he is taking Lahore to the next level, and agree that he needs to concentrat on other parts of Punjab, the bottom line is, he is doing something.
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Dec 13, 2016 05:00pm
If Bilawal 's PPP had taken decisive action by teaming up with PTI, Panama leaks case would have exposed Sharifs. As we know , his father , AAZardari 's foreign bank accounts are no different than Sharif's Panama leaks. He can't be serious, it is just another political ploy.
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Dec 13, 2016 05:06pm
Extremely immature
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Dec 13, 2016 05:09pm
What will be your dire consequences, please explain? Please stop this drama you are a friendly friendly opposition.
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Dec 13, 2016 05:11pm
Only opposition is PTI.
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Dec 13, 2016 05:14pm
A true visionary!
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Dec 13, 2016 05:19pm
Look who's talking ? the one whose family including father is accused of being the head of corruption. He has the gal to challenge others.
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Dec 13, 2016 05:21pm
PMLN Vs. PPP - WWE Tag Team Championship !!!
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Dec 13, 2016 05:23pm
He is not opposition. In fact he is nothing, he isn't elected representative. He can't sit in assembly to do opposition.
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Dec 13, 2016 05:26pm
Birds of a feather. Who is he trying to fool? It's amazing how these people believe that they are God's gift to the land of the pure.
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Dec 13, 2016 05:30pm
Let the 27 December come to see your tall and heavy claims. You are only beating around the bush and playing friendly opposition. Real opposition is someone else and not you.
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Dec 13, 2016 05:46pm
With this leader, Pakistan is doomed.
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Dec 13, 2016 05:45pm
We all support Bilawal. He is a true leader of the masses, I was amazed at the support in his rallies. Bilawal for PM
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Dec 13, 2016 06:01pm
PPP just wants to negotiate Ayyan Ali & Dr. Asim .. Their rhetoric will be over once they are released. Pakistanis pay the price by voting, and we continue to do so, not learning anything from the past.
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Dec 13, 2016 06:17pm
Bilawal and Nawaz are two sides of the same coin. PPP is Just timepass and not a real opposition like PTI.
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Dec 13, 2016 06:18pm
good for him, i dont know him.
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Dec 13, 2016 06:22pm
A corrupt person challenging the corrupt leadership of Pakistan. Yes, you can make many believe as this nation has not learned its lesson yet.
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Dec 13, 2016 06:23pm
@Adil JAdoon that's your job to prove, so what's the problem?
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Dec 13, 2016 06:21pm
All these esoteric demands and threats of consequences are nothing but PR stunt to seem relevant. Otherwise PPP and Bilawal matter as much as Bat during the day!
We all know their mutual agreement hatched years ago, of what they will do to oppose each other's terms in office, for public consumption. Otherwise they are both going to tolerate, ignore, refrain from criticizing or even support each other's stance on various issues - as long it does not impact their bilateral relations and mutual interests. And we know what those interests are as well.
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Dec 13, 2016 06:26pm
we should start investigating your father who has accumulated billions of dollars through corruption. PPP is corrupt to the core. Its easy to point fingers at others while your own people are doing the same thing.
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Dec 13, 2016 06:24pm
@Ashraf Usman I fully agree with you.
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Dec 13, 2016 06:25pm
Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is inexperience young man so don't let him think to be a prime minster of Pakistan but are to built personality in next election 2018, just to deliver speech is easy but in practical is not so easy as young man thinking, slow and study win the race , has has to understand all about Imran Khan PTI , haste make waste..
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Dec 13, 2016 06:37pm
Hopeless awam is tired of listening to these politicians .All of sudden BZ's language is getting harsh aginst NS.I am sure someone is controlling
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Dec 13, 2016 06:45pm
Nawaz still better than Zardari!
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Dec 13, 2016 06:55pm
Bring back the assets your leaders looted
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Dec 13, 2016 07:02pm
A country with BILAWAL HOUSE, JATTI UMRA, BANI BALA. GOD bless this country
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Dec 13, 2016 07:03pm
PPP has got the key for the success in elections in Sind. 1.Most of the bureaucrats posted in the districts of Sind are either nephews and close relatives of their MPAs and ministers who were direct appointees of CM Sind or were cleared by Sind Public Service Commission by manipulating their exam results. These dear and near officers in district management go out of the way to help PPP win the elections. 2.PPP gives a monthly amount to most farmers ,widows and poor people of rural Sind under Benazir income scheme. These persons are illiterate and for them not voting for PPP again means loosing the monthly stipend. They are bereft of any idea of governance, administration ,health etc etc. Now who can stop PPP from winning the next elections in interior of Sind? We ,the literate middle class Sindhis, are paying the price .
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Dec 13, 2016 07:16pm
Bilawal is beginning to make more sense, but his father did not have the financial expertise and the diplomatic skills to initiate the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
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Dec 13, 2016 07:43pm
CPEC was truly the brainchild of Mr. Asif Ali Zardari. Agreed with BBZ.
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Dec 13, 2016 08:03pm
@Ahmed Shaikh If Zardari started this, then why no work was done on it. The idea was envisioned by Musharaf (whether we like or hate him), and the execution is being carried out by NS, China refused to engage with Zardari, and this is a fact.
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Dec 13, 2016 08:24pm
look who is talking!
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Dec 13, 2016 08:22pm
Imran Khan is the only leader capable of challenging Nawaz Sharif. PPP is playing a policy called two side of the same coin. In the past PPP wholeheartedly supported Nawaz Sharif tagging the support as an attempt to save the system so this is the extension of the same system. If PPP wants to support the truth then it should immediately stand by Imran Khan to remove Nawaz Sharif for telling lies on the floor of the house.
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Dec 13, 2016 08:25pm
Demands already agreed upon between the muk muka partners, so these will be accepted by pmln...happy ending, back to square..
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Dec 13, 2016 08:28pm
Bilawal Bhutto's demands are fully justified as PM Nawaz Sharif evaded TORs for last 8 months to investigate his family's secret Panama bank accounts? There is no possibility that Nawaz Sharif family will now come out with the truth and admit their ill-gotten wealth?
Therefore, Bilawal Bhutto said PPP will launch massive movement for PM Nawaz Sharif's accountability. Bilawal Bhutto should join Imran Khan and other political parties for the removal of prime minister for corruption. No politician or his family can be above the law.
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Dec 13, 2016 08:36pm
Really???
Your rhetoric will go no where as all know you are a friendly opposition.
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Dec 13, 2016 08:37pm
@Shahid Right on spot!!!
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Dec 13, 2016 08:45pm
I can't see this person becoming our PM.. Do we have any figures of development projects and spending of every district including their outcome? Someone expose these people please !!
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Dec 13, 2016 08:48pm
Let him play he is just a kid and doesn't know the ground reality.
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Dec 13, 2016 09:13pm
Fix match just to keep PPP Alive NS will accept his demands before pre planned protest.
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Dec 13, 2016 09:41pm
First the demands are so childish. Secondly, there is no compulsion on government to meet them, thirdly he is not even a member of parliament. And fourthly none of the previous PPP governments of Zulifiqar Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto or Asif ali Zardari has ever done anything for our country. No one should ever vote for them
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Dec 13, 2016 09:51pm
its like fooling the "Fooled" nation since long....whats new???
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Dec 13, 2016 09:55pm
Mockery of rules and the so called "democracy". Who is fooling whom????
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Dec 13, 2016 10:01pm
What a shame to PPP. Look at Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Not a single corruption charge...Now look at this current leadership including Balawal...Shameless...
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Dec 13, 2016 10:14pm
I hope one day pakistanis will realize that both of these political parties of crooked and let's get rid of them
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Dec 13, 2016 10:17pm
@Kabeela Khan ha ha ha , you made my day for a true laugh. keep it up. it helps to reduce tensions in my routine. i am thank full.
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Dec 13, 2016 10:24pm
@Ahmed Shaikh he he he, a very good joke, it made my day to have a good laugh. Keep it up Mr. Ahmed and help people to relieve tensions through these types of jokes.
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Dec 13, 2016 11:22pm
The demand that I find very amusing:
Put Asif Ali Zardari as main benefactor of CPEC. He can earn 50% - 80% from this.
He doesn't need CPEC, anyway!
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Dec 14, 2016 12:18am
In fact PPP was of the view that by 27 Dec, PML N Government and PM would have gone through Supreme Court, and that was reason for announcing protest more than 45 days before, and NOW PPP is in LIMBO, Supreme Court is unable, on leave, having good time on public money and so on, we will see even PPP is able to lead even one protest??
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Dec 14, 2016 12:51am
@Pagrri Sambhal Dear Sir. You are not alone. My friends driver all day long praises Zardari. We found out that he has shown his wife as a widower and she collects 18,500 monthly as easy money under BISP. The driver is a government employee with a son in Dubai.
Your views are absolutely correct. First they destroyed the BISE, than the remaining univerisities...and final blow the SPSC...Both the CE 2013 and the doctor appointments of 2016 are under heavy scrutiny...yet the appointments have gone through already. No hope.
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Dec 14, 2016 05:42am
Look PPP and PML-N, leave poor people of Pakistan alone. How much money you and your generations need? You both parties along with previous dictators have eaten Pakistan like termites. I know that you guys not really believe in sharing but it is time stop playing with public's brains.
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Dec 14, 2016 06:37am
Bilawal fix your own backyard before looking over the neibours.
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Dec 14, 2016 09:48am
Bilawal is a baggage for PPP and within a shirt time has made PPP look like a party of foolish people. It's sickening to see on TV GREAT UNCLES around admiring him.
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Dec 14, 2016 03:08pm
He is our only hope.
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Dec 14, 2016 03:08pm
Lets salute him.
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