Govt’s policies pushing Pakistan into isolation: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

MIRPUR: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday criticised the PML-N government for its foreign policy which he said pushed the country into isolation.

Addressing a rally, the PPP supremo asked the people of Azad Kashmir not to vote for the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz as it would be tantamount to supporting government’s anti-Kashmir and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi-friendly policies.

“Terrible violation of human rights in the occupied Kashmir comes into my mind when I talk about Modi,” he said. “Our foreign policy is going towards destruction. We don’t have the same terms with Afghanistan like we had before, Iran is also not happy with us.”

The PPP chairman also took an exception to government for its foreign policy that failed to strike F-16 aircraft deal with the United States, adding that drone attacks are now being carried out in the settled areas of Balochistan.

He said China Pakistan Economic Corridor Projects had been made controversial due to the government’s poor policies, adding that the prime minister neglected the Charter of Democracy — signed between Nawaz Sharif and former PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto — after coming in power.

“But I cannot forget CoD because it has a signature of my mother,” Bilalwal said, adding that his mother Benazir Bhutto faced fake cases and her bank accounts were freezed before being forced into exile.

The PPP chairman said the accountability was a threat to “throne of Raiwind” and not democracy. He said there was no need for the prime minister to avoid accountability if he was clean.