ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari branded Prime Minister Imran Khan as ‘incompetent and unskilled’ during a session of the National Assembly on Monday, creating uproar in the house.
In his explosive speech, the PP chairman also took aim at former finance minister Asad Umar, terming him ‘educated but illiterate’.
Bilawal reiterated that the premier was ‘selected’, prompting Speaker Asad Qaiser to expunge both the remarks about Umar and Imran Khan.
The PPP supremo expressed that he was called a traitor [in this house] in his absence adding that Benazir Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Fatima Bhutto were also labelled the same.
He continued that such allegations were not new for them and would not deter them.
“When we were not deterred by dictators such as Zia and Musharraf, why would these puppets scare us?” Bilawal said in his point-blank remarks.
For one more time, Bilawal demanded the sacking of those ministers who have ties to proscribed organisations and terrorists.
He warned that if he is not allowed to speak, then the prime minister will also not be allowed to speak [in this house] adding that he would not be allowed to enter the building even.
Bilawal also slammed the government over the appointment of Ijaz Shah as interior minister, raising questions about his role in the murder of a journalist associated with Wall Street Journal; during the session, Ijaz Shah also delivered a speech, upsetting members of the opposition.
Bilawal also took a jibe at the new federal cabinet, calling it a combination of Musharraf and PPP’s teams.
The PP chairman observed that his party has been taking part in the house’s proceedings very reasonably, warning that the ruling party would be in trouble if we [PPP] were to resort to protests.
During the session, PPP members approached the seat of Federal Minister for Power Omar Ayub and teared up the session’s agenda.
Following the uproar, the Speaker adjourned the session until 11 am on Tuesday.
