Bilawal urges PTI to return to political engagement, says governor's rule in K-P would be 'atomic bomb'
Bilawal said talks with PTI could clear the way to end the emergency, while the PPP backed the measure as a last-resort response to security concerns.
- On Wednesday, Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari defended the emergency and governor's rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during a National Assembly session, citing worsening security as justification.
- President Asif Ali Zardari proclaimed the emergency on October 1 following cabinet recommendations. Bilawal blamed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf -led provincial government, characterizing their approach as a "political suicide attack" on their own administration.
- Bilawal argued the government exhausted engagement efforts before resorting to what he called a "political atomic bomb." He urged the opposition to negotiate, offering to personally request Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to lift the emergency if political conditions improved.
- Condemning the move, Barrister Gohar alleged authorities used terrorism as a pretext to undermine democracy, labeling the imposition an "assault on democracy" that rendered the country dysfunctional.
- Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar asserted the provincial government's counter-terrorism approach posed a "threat to national security." The government maintains the emergency is temporary and requires broader political consensus to succeed.
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