Bilawal facing threats to life from Jundallah: Sindh government
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KARACHI: The government of Sindh has ordered law enforcement agencies "to ensure extreme vigilance" and take "special measures" as the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari faces threats to his life from outlawed group Jundallah.
The provincial government in what was intended as a confidential letter shared intelligence of a plan being made by the banned group to target the PPP chairperson.
However, the leaked letter stated that details regarding the date, time, place and method of the attack were still unknown.
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Directives by the Sindh government for additional security measures for Bilawal were sent to the headquarter of Pakistan Rangers and to the office of the Inspector General of Sindh Police.
News of the latest threat comes as Bilawal is scheduled to address supporters at the mausoleum of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah on Oct 18 — the day when the homecoming caravan of his mother and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was attacked in twin blasts on Shahrah-i-Faisal.
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Oct 14, 2014 02:38pm
He should probably go back to dubai and do his own thing. Best for everyone.
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Oct 14, 2014 02:44pm
Another publicity stunt of Jr. Zardari or an excuse to cancel 18th Oct Public Meeting.
PPP leadership know that they will not be able to mobilize Karachiites even their very own Lyariites!
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Oct 14, 2014 02:48pm
Please send him back to Dubai or London, at the cost to this nation. He must be saved to savior this country. Even a levy should be introduced on all imports to finance his living there.
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Oct 14, 2014 02:48pm
Death is in the hand of almighty. These threats are meaningless unless time has come to go. Zardari recently said his son is very dear to him than why is he risking his life and forcing him to lead a life as a prisoner. Hasn't he done enough damage to the Bhutto family for his greed. Please let him enjoy the billions and lead his life like any other person. It would be better than Premiership.
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Oct 14, 2014 02:52pm
@ammar why you want to give free of entertainment... He really looks funny on twitter are hilerious... He yells that he is Bhutto and not Zardari in most dramatic ways...
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Oct 14, 2014 02:55pm
Better cancel the karachi jalsa.The illiterate farmers and patwaris of interior sindh would be relieved of forcibly bundling out to karachi by their corrupt to the core masters.
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Oct 14, 2014 02:57pm
@Danish Haider: Spot on.These ilks of information have been devised by PPP. There is no threat to Bilawal. Just want to gain sympathy. PPP will get nothing from Karachi.
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Oct 14, 2014 02:58pm
My recommendation: Take him into 'protective custody' by confining him to a remote, unknown location, with no phone or internet access, and where very few can reach him. That will be better for all! He may not be so safe in Dubai or London.
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Oct 14, 2014 02:59pm
God save him from the terrorists..... I sincerely feel all three children of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto leave Pakistan. It's not safe for them.
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Oct 14, 2014 03:01pm
nice tactical move by Zardari to keep his away for much exposure in public since they cannot gather large rallies like PTI. they are bowing to sheer strength and force of PTI die hard fans.
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Oct 14, 2014 03:05pm
The only risk he has is if the mike he screams into shouts back in disgust one day.
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Oct 14, 2014 03:07pm
So now he will be given 200% VIP protocol and behind heavy security for his jalsa. And after that no one can point his finger that PPP is following the VIP culture. dirty politics...
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Oct 14, 2014 03:29pm
He is getting threats due to his popularity. Please don't attend his jalsas to demonstrate that he is not popular enough... that would definitely save his life.
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Oct 14, 2014 03:31pm
I wonder how much of the tax payer money is spent on his security.
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Oct 14, 2014 03:38pm
Ask him to address the meeting from CM house
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Oct 14, 2014 03:40pm
VIP culture is fading away in Pakistan. Thus for his saftey send him back to the UK to live the Surrey Mahal. Its least it would give him the right to live upto what he wants than what is being dictated to him...
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Oct 14, 2014 03:40pm
@nisar - this is the best way for Bilawal. He doesn't care about the poor and he already rich( thanks to the tax payers). Now pakistan is not like his grandfather those those any more. People became smarter. The whole nation knows what Zadari family did and doing. Zadari knows the whole nation are hate him. Now if he want to stay in power. He need put his dear son in the front.
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Oct 14, 2014 03:50pm
How come IK gets no threats ? is it because he was openly supporting before and now silently behind the seen?
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Oct 14, 2014 03:57pm
DRAMA!!!!
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Oct 14, 2014 04:00pm
Bilawal's biggest enemy is his own tongue!
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Oct 14, 2014 04:08pm
Life of 1 person is important because his party is in power but dozens of mothers cry on their beloved sons funeral everyday in Karachi & no one takes notice.
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Oct 14, 2014 04:08pm
He should just Skype and save hassle for everyone.
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Oct 14, 2014 04:11pm
@Danish Haider they don't need to mobilize Karachi.Heck they are bringing special trains from whole of Punjab and Sindh.
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Oct 14, 2014 04:12pm
@raza ..... IK is another dream merchent... & will be of no use...
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Oct 14, 2014 04:59pm
He should be given the fool-proof security he is the only member of the Bhutto Family that has been left alive...he is future of Pakistan...
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Oct 14, 2014 05:17pm
That's what public and political personalities have to bear with all their lives on a global basis and the "land of the pure" is no exception to this universal rule.
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Oct 14, 2014 05:27pm
He should go bck his palace in London for safety reasons and forget dreams to become PM.
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Oct 14, 2014 05:31pm
Now Zardari needs to announce new bilawal house just next door to Altaf Bhai London House.
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Oct 14, 2014 05:33pm
Bilawal Zardari , If you want to be a public figure , then be ready & face the threats, otherwise stick to emails & Twitter.
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Oct 14, 2014 05:37pm
@M.M.Sherazi
Or----- he can leave , if there is a real threat.
It is a win win situation if he leaves ---- he will be safe and he will save Pakistan from him.
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Oct 14, 2014 06:18pm
I am not a fan of Bilawal, but one thing for sure. He is the only politician who has shown the courage to condemn the terrorists. No other politician has had the spine to do so. IK in fact shows tacit support for the TTP by being apologetic for them citing "America's War in Afghanistan" as reason for their existence.
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Oct 14, 2014 06:38pm
We need leaders who can learn to live not as a VIP but as an ordinary citizen.
It is not acceptable that ordinary citizen are killed by terrorists and no security provided to them but VIPs travel in bullet proof land cruisers, surrounded by tousands of police/para militray, security guards and roads are closed for ordinary people for hours so that these VIPs can passed by.
Why the blood of ordinary men and VIPs are not equal?
What good these VIPs have done for our country that they are being given such a king style security treatment?
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Oct 14, 2014 07:11pm
Hahahaha, Jundullah is an Anti-Iranian group and they are Western lackeys like him, his parents and uncles Nawaz and Shahbaz, Just don't take a bus to Iran and you would be safe.
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Oct 14, 2014 07:18pm
Political stunt and tactics, to get sympathy votes.
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Oct 14, 2014 07:19pm
People who face these death threats have either done something good or on path to do something good for the humanity or they have done something terribly bad.
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Oct 14, 2014 07:20pm
@Seedoo Dr Tahir ul Qadri spoke against terrorism long long before.
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Oct 14, 2014 07:23pm
Is this another ploy to get sympathy like his father came to power due to his wife's death. Pakistani's are woken up now. Go back to your countries Mr. Bilawal Zardari
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Oct 14, 2014 07:34pm
It's not any threat, they haven't been able to collect a mammoth crowd. Zardari you guys are done for, and for good
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Oct 14, 2014 08:19pm
So far nothing he did worked, so this is the final card (playing victim) to gain sympathy and thus support. Real threats to public figures are never publicized but are investigated in strict secrecy unless it was meant to gain support, not because of your ideas, but because of sympathy. Nice move Bilawal!
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Oct 14, 2014 08:21pm
@Irfan It will be good for the country as well.
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Oct 14, 2014 08:36pm
Power is sweeter than life. They can not adjust their life in anything else.
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Oct 14, 2014 10:09pm
This is why PTI and PMLN were the.blue eyed political parties Taliban's favourite in the last election.PPP, MQM And ANP were targeted so the whole election was rigged.
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Oct 14, 2014 10:09pm
Its a prismatic politics of Zardari and now they are finding way out to cancel the Jalsa
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Oct 14, 2014 10:19pm
Zardari is a prismatic leader and now he is playing a beautiful card, with his great vision in politics he can defeat everyone very easily and in politics other parties have to learnt from great zardari
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Oct 14, 2014 11:53pm
These julsas are only in Pakistan & India. Why there are no julsas in any western democracy. It is not old times when there was no TV. Only way the leaders could contact to the people was to have Julsas. These Julsas should be banned completely for any
purpose. That will save innocent lives of public and security personals. Lots of people cannot go to work. Politicians & Religious
leaders can convey there message thru media. Our leaders(political & religious) do not have respect for life or property. I request to all the people, do not go to any Julsa. Your life and property is more important than those who do not have respect for your life, your property and your business.
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Oct 15, 2014 12:18am
@Pakistani better,...just don't say anything, it won't matter anyway!!!
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Oct 15, 2014 06:28am
Please don't make the whole World laugh at us any more, Bhuttos, Zardaris and Sharif's have performed well in the grand puppet show.
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