Senator Babar Awan and other leaders of PPP raising their hands to show solidarity during a ceremony on the eve of 4th death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto at Liaqat Bagh Rawalpindi on Tuesday. – Photo by Online

RAWALPINDI: Senator Dr Babar Awan on Tuesday, criticising Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), said people who talk about completing Jinnah’s mission did not bother to visit his shrine on December 25, DawnNews reported.

Addressing a seminar organised by Peoples Lawyers Forum Rawalpindi division at Liaquat Bagh (BB’s assassination site), he said Benazir Bhutto laid down her life to protect the peoples rights and democratic rule in the country.

He said the party that held a rally on December 25 near the shrine of nation’s father claimed to complete his agenda but did not bother to visit his shrine on the day of his birth anniversary.

Awan in his conventional style, referring to singer Abrarul Haq, said “people who go to billo’s home on a cycle can not bring about the revolution.”

The PPP leader claimed that PTI had become a party of turncoats. “And a turncoat regardless of its belonging from Rawalpindi, Taxela or Multan, remains a turncoat which can never bring about a change,” he added.

He warned PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif to follow PPP’s suggestions before its ‘too late.’

Awan claimed that during PPP regimes there had never been confrontations between institutions and rumor-mongering should end now.

Awan said that with the passage of 18th constitutional amendment all back door channels to enter into the power corridors have been closed.

He said whenever the PPP government comes into power it serves the masses but some vested interests fear that if the present government completes its five-year term, the democracy will gain strength that is not acceptable to conspirators.

He was confident that the PPP government would complete its constitutional term and the Senate and general elections would be held on time.

Opinion

Editorial

Sustainable path?
Updated 13 Jun, 2026

Sustainable path?

The FY27 budget is the first clear signal that the government is ready to transition from stabilisation to growth.
Prioritising education
13 Jun, 2026

Prioritising education

THOUGH the improvement in the country’s literacy rate may be slight, as highlighted by the Economic Survey, it ...
Poverty’s rise
13 Jun, 2026

Poverty’s rise

AS attention turns to the government’s plans for the coming fiscal year, one set of figures deserves particular...
A difficult story
Updated 12 Jun, 2026

A difficult story

Unless productivity becomes the dominant target of economic policy, Pakistan will continue to oscillate between crises and fragile recovery.
Rough waters
12 Jun, 2026

Rough waters

AMONGST the key potential triggers for fresh conflict in South Asia is water. The Indian state is behaving in an...
Politicised football
12 Jun, 2026

Politicised football

ALMOST three-and-half years since Lionel Messi led Argentina to FIFA World Cup glory, the latest edition of...