Bilawal issues a stern warning to those targeting political workers, vowing accountability after elections and declaring that no action would be forgotten
News Desk
MUZAFFABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has claimed that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will suffer a defeat in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections that “history will remember”, adding that his party will form the next government in the region.
Addressing a public gathering in Kotli, Bilawal said the PPP would establish its government in Azad Kashmir and, if given the opportunity, he would raise the voice of the Kashmiri people at every forum. He said the upcoming elections were among the most important in the history of Azad Kashmir, adding that the role of politicians was to represent public concerns while voters had the responsibility of choosing their representatives.
Bilawal warned that those registering cases against political workers should not assume they would be forgotten. “Let the elections take place, I will deal with it myself,” he said. The PPP chairman said his party had been in government in Azad Kashmir for the past six months and expressed hope that voters would give it better results than the previous elections.
PPP chairman said the federal government was led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whom he described as a political ally, adding that the PPP had fulfilled its commitments made to the people of Gilgit-Baltistan after winning there.
Bilawal said he would work for the rights of ownership, governance and employment for the people, adding that he had brought the same manifesto to Azad Kashmir that was presented in Gilgit-Baltistan. He expressed his desire to see a representative from Kashmir sitting alongside him in the National Assembly, similar to the representation achieved from Gilgit-Baltistan.
The PPP leader also spoke about recent unrest in the region, saying he had received a letter from the action committee seeking his role in resolving the situation. He said he had responded to the letter and informed the prime minister that a possible solution was the formation of a truth commission to investigate the facts. Bilawal appealed to protesters to suspend their demonstrations until the inquiry was completed and urged the federal government to avoid further action during the commission’s proceedings.
