By Faizan Khan
LAHORE: Punjab Information Minister Azma Bukhari questioned how a ceasefire could be hoped for while, she said, opponents continued to use incendiary language. Her remarks came as a brisk rebuttal to comments from leaders of the Pakistan Peoples Party.
Bukhari said Sindh was not the private fief of any landlord and criticized what she described as a double standard. “On one hand they talk about a ceasefire, and on the other they break into gunfire every hour,” she told reporters.
She accused some political figures of grandstanding, saying many left their homes after quick preparations, positioned themselves behind microphones and provoked unrest. “After this constant agitation, when a little answer comes back they sit and cry,” she added.
Bukhari also dismissed lectures on democracy from her critics, saying they had not borne the burden of democratic leadership themselves. She asked rhetorically whether her party should greet attacks on its leaders with garlands, and praised the “forbearance” of her leadership for remaining silent in the face of personal assaults.
