Bilawal slams govt for providing relief to Indian spy Jadhav

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has criticized the government over presenting ordinance to facilitate convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav.

Addressing the National Assembly, Bilawal slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan and allegedly that the premier is giving a National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) to Kulbhushan Jadhav despite his confession of terrorism and espionage in Pakistan. 

He expressed outrage that the ordinance has been presented without taking parliament in confidence. “The matter has now been highlighted after our protest,” Bilawal said, adding, “I do not want the assembly to continue proceedings over the issue of the Indian terrorist.”

“The conscience of the opposition does not allow us to sit in the house where Kulbhushan gets NRO,” he maintained. The PPP Chairman added that earlier Jahangir Tareen and Ehsanullah Ehsan were benefitted with NROs.

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“The government even handed over Indian pilot Abhinandan back to his country after offering him a cup of tea,” he said.  

Moreover, expressing his views, PML-N leader Khawaja Asif said that no concession should be made to India. “The government should not compromise on the importance and dignity of the country,” he added. 

He said that the Indian spy is the enemy of Pakistan and he has confessed to the crime. The opposition pointed out that the quorum after which, the session was adjourned for a short time period.