Qureshi Advised Bilawal To Get Rid Of Corrupts In PPP

Qureshi advised Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilalwal Bhutto Zardari should get rid of the corrupt elements in the party if he desired to revive his party in Punjab

ISLAMABAD (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Apr, 2019 ) :Qureshi advised Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilalwal Bhutto Zardari should get rid of the corrupt elements in the party if he desired to revive his party in Punjab. Yusuf Raza Gilani was rejected by the people of Multan for his alleged corruption while his two sons and candidates had lost 2018 general elections and 2019 by-polls, he added.

Recalling his own close ties with Shaheed Benazir Bhutto while being in the PPP, Qureshi said Bilawal should not allow Gilani to sit on the stage and address the workers on the occasion of death anniversary of PPP founder Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Gilani along with many others was responsible for the fall of PPP in Punjab, he added.

With such corrupt people on his side, Bilawal should not dream of a train march in Punjab like he had undertaken in Sindh, he said.

The foreign minister asked Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to shun prejudices and avoid doing politics on non-issues. The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) had a limited scope while Prime Minister Imran Khan's 'Ehsas' programme was wider in scope covering more areas, he added.

He said Bilawal Bhutto might ask for another survey if he was not satisfied but should not oppose a programme for political gains.

Qureshi said the victory of PTI candidate in the PP-218 Multan by-polls in PP-218 by-polls was a proof that the masses had rejected the politics of self-interest by the PPP and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Both the parties had launched a joint candidate to defeat the PTI in the by-polls, but they failed.

He said all the opposition parties had become politically and ideologically bankrupt. Once at the daggers drawn, they had joined hands against the PTI, but they failed in their mission as the masses gave their verdict in favour of the PTI candidate.

He said the PTI had gained voters' support despite negative propaganda by the opposition parties.

The foreign minister also condoled the death of Sardar Fateh Buzdar, three-time Member Punjab Assembly (MPA) and father of Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar.

In the beginning, Governor Punjab felicitated the foreign minister on the victory in the Multan by-polls.