Govt’s threats won’t stop PPP’s call to sack ministers linked with banned outfits: Bilawal

19 Mar, 2019

Reiterating his demand that the government should act against banned outfits, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Tuesday that none of the threats and National Accountability Bureau (NAB) notices would deter the party from their principle.

The PPP chairman took to his Twitter handle and wrote that his demand to sack ministers associated with banned outfits was met by government declaring him anti-state, issuing death threats and NAB notices to him. Bilawal further said that neither of these things will deter him from his party's principle, that is to form joint National Security Council parliamentary committee and act against banned outfits.

Last week in a press conference, , Bilawal had claimed that three federal ministers have links with a banned organisation and demanded that Prime Minister Imran Khan remove those ministers. The PPP leader alleged that during elections Finance Minister Asad Umar appeared before the media with the leader of the Harkatul Mujahideen.

In a response to Bilawal's press conference, Rail­ways Minister Sheikh Rashid had tweeted, "Bilawal should play carefully in politics otherwise he may be eliminated." His 'threats' were not ignored by PPP who are considering filing a case against Rashid.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019

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