PPP Chairman and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday vowed to take his mother Benazir Bhutto’s mission forward, adding that she was the voice of the poor, an ambassador for the destitute, and a true supporter of democracy.
“This journey will be completed by us together,” Bilawal said while addressing a gathering in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh held to mark the 15th death anniversary of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
In the opening of his speech today, Bilawal stated that the assassins of Benazir imagined they would stop the progress of her party. “I would like to invite them to come and view the crowd that has assembled in Garhi Khuda Bux. The jiyalas [supporters] of Bibis are still here after all these years.”
“These people have shown their loyalty towards her and have proven that they have not forgotten Benazir or her political ideas. We believe it when we say ‘aj bhi Bhutto zinda hay’ [Bhutto is alive even today],” he asserted.
Bilawal said that his mother was a patriotic Pakistan, and her name was marked in not only the country’s history but across the world.
“She was the voice of the poor, an ambassador for the destitute, a true supporter of democracy, and a strong reply to terrorists. She believed in the politics of hope […] of truth […] and of unity.”
Today, the PPP chairman stressed, “It is our responsibility to follow bibi’s vision” and achieve the mission she had set out on.
“President Zardari and I tried to take her mission forward and whatever work is left we will be completed in the next 15 years,” he promised.
Bilawal also criticized PTI chairman Imran Khan for trying to “make the army controversial again”.
Bilawal, the chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), also said the PTI will keep pushing, inciting and seeking the establishment’s help, but vowed that the party will ensure that no unconstitutional move would be taken.
“We sent Imran home through the Constitution […] and this was the first time the parliament ousted a prime minister. The ‘conspiracy against the selected’ was not hatched behind closed doors, rather it happened on the streets and in the parliament in plain sight.
“Now it is time to say to goodbye to the handlers of the selected,” Bilawal said.
