KARACHI – Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday called the May 9 – the day when PTI Chairman Imran Khan was arrested in a corruption case — was “another Black Day” in the history Pakistan.
Addressing a press conference in the southern port city, he said it was the politics that suffers most when the political leaders of a country are arrested.
His remarks come as violent protests continue across the country since the arrest of the PTI chief. At least eight people were killed and dozens others injured in clashes between PTI protesters and police officials.
As tensions remained high, army troops have been called in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad to control the law and order situation. During the protests, the PTI supporters stormed into cantonment areas in different cities while the Lahore Corps Commanders’ house was ransacked in a violent attack.
The foreign minister said PPP did not celebrate or distribute sweets when a political leader is arrested, adding: “We do not support any effort to ban a political party”.
He lamented over the violent protests by PTI in the country, saying it should have given a call for peaceful protests after the arrest of Imran Khan.
He added that the PPP had always been raising voice against the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) but it was the PTI that had always defended the anti-graft watchdog and benefitted from it.
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