PPP’s support for military courts angers Bilawal
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LAHORE: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has expressed unhappiness over his party’s support to the 21st Amendment.
“The parliament cuts its nose to spite its face,” Mr Bilawal tweeted on Wednesday.
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The tweet has come in sharp contrast to the stance of his party and PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on amendment in the Constitution for the setting up of military courts.
Mr Bilawal’s tweet has also given credence to reports that he has differences with his father, Asif Ali Zardari, over party affairs.
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“The strong tweet of Bilawal against the 21st Amendment shows he was not consulted on such an important matter. And in frustration he has vented his anger,” said a PPP senior leader, who did not want to be named.
He said the PPP chairman’s frustration was understandable keeping in view his party’s struggle against dictatorship.
“Bilawal wanted his party and father to oppose this amendment which has given constitutional cover to military courts. But it seems the Peshawar tragedy had left no option for the PPP but to support the setting up of military courts,” he said.
PPP Secretary General Latif Khosa told Dawn that everyone in the party was on the same page with regard to the 21st Amendment. “We have taken this bitter pill in the national interest. We did not want the prime minister or other political parties blaming us for creating hurdles in what they say ‘much needed’ military courts to curb terrorism.”
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Mr Khosa said he had spoken to MNAs of other parties who too were not happy for voting in favour of military courts. “But after the Peshawar tragedy in which Taliban militants killed our children the parliamentarians have taken the decision with a heavy heart for peace in the country,” he said, adding that Bilawal Bhutto wanted the political forces to strengthen democratic institutions.
Asif Zardari’s spokesman Senator Farhatullah Babar said he did not want to comment on Mr Bilawal’s tweet publicly.
Published in Dawn January 8th , 2014
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Jan 08, 2015 07:03am
The article says, "He said the PPP chairman’s frustration was understandable keeping in view his party’s struggle against dictatorship."
Let me tell you how bogus is this statement... Zardari became president and the PPP thieves got billions as a result of a dictator's NRO...PPP's struggle was NOT for this nation because the nation lost in every conceivable way... PPP's struggle was for looting the country and they did just that.
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Jan 08, 2015 07:04am
NO Son can not forget who killed his mother, or forgive em
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Jan 08, 2015 07:13am
Bilawal has no moral authority to complain about the 21st amendment. Where was Bilawal and his high moral grounds when Model Twn happened and he and his party kept quite? When all kinds of terrorist attacks happened and his party's govt in Sindh did nothing? When Ch Nisar accused Ch.Aitzaz and no accountability happened in PPP?
Where was Bilawal when children in Thar were dying of famine and Bilawal and his empty headed party members were celebrating his nonsensical cultural events.
To become a national leader, you have to learn a lot Bilawal!
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Jan 08, 2015 07:14am
Don't worry --- military courts are in best interest of the country. You have spent most of your time outside Pakistan .You would not know how bad things
are in Pakistan viz due to terrorists , corrupt politicians ,police and lawlessness .Majority of people of Pakistan live in fear and miseries .Crackdown
on Feudal Landlords should be your first concern . At this time ,military courts are needed.It's a temporary measure to get rid of criminals.
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Jan 08, 2015 07:14am
So are the all PPP supporters including me, angered and ashamed!
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Jan 08, 2015 07:34am
Come on Bilawal, do not get sentimental. This is a matter of notional security. Our SC has failed. Judges can't make decision against terrorists because of threats on their own lives. It is better than marshal law. Your own Mather was killed by these animals. No one is safe in the country. Even your own life is not safe, what are you angry about.
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Jan 08, 2015 07:45am
after all conscious and courage surfaced, congrats for your courage young Bilawal, spoken right out of his chest, no mukjmukha like older two parties politicians, come forward, right time you have spoken ,yu can become more than imran khan and dr. thq but you have to clear a lot before being young leader pakistan ever produce
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Jan 08, 2015 07:47am
Glad to see the boy has finally come of age. Given that he continues his thought process, he might just be the new Imran Khan in a couple of years time
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Jan 08, 2015 07:53am
Who cares all dramas and players.....mockery nothing else ........their personnel interest first....then Sindhi desh they don't talk about pakistan
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Jan 08, 2015 07:59am
PPP is finding an excuse for Bilawal's exit from politics while desperately trying to save its face. RIP PPP
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Jan 08, 2015 08:01am
A very immature statement from Bilawal Zardari. They are creating a stage for him to lead this country in the future, but I doubt he has ability to lead. Can PPP elect another candidate, who could not be heritage but ability to lead the PPP and the may be in future the country, this privilege don't need to be inherited, if PPP is truly a Democratic Party and not somebody's else personal property.
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Jan 08, 2015 08:04am
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has expressed unhappiness over his party’s support to the 21st Amendment but this is an opportunity for him to earn his manhood and became an unchallenged leader of the nation by organizing a rebellion against the criminal forces that have usurped power in Pakistan. Else he may stay safe as a boy all the rest of his years.
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Jan 08, 2015 08:07am
Party Chairman not taken into confidence on such important matter. No wonder father and aunt running the affairs.
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Jan 08, 2015 08:08am
Ignore the kid....
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Jan 08, 2015 08:12am
Ha . who cares for this baby cry . Hypocritical . Since long Everyone knows who has been following news that military courts will be setup in Pakistan . Where did he hide these days .
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Jan 08, 2015 08:21am
Time for political comments and slogans is over Dear Bilawal. This is a new Pakistan. Either take positive and affirmative action against the enemies of the State and/or support the courageous who do OR get out of the way.
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Jan 08, 2015 08:21am
Your party has cut the nose of democracy by indulging in epic corruption, bad governance and mismanagement, who stopped you to bring improvement in Judicial system and improving lives of common people?
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Jan 08, 2015 08:22am
Who cares, what his highness thinks.
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Jan 08, 2015 08:26am
PPP and other political parties have their own judges running the Civil Courts. These people are angry because they will lose control on courts. Well they will have to wait at least 2 years to get their control back on Civil courts.
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Jan 08, 2015 08:27am
To all my Pakistanis and specially my sindhi brothers, Picture abhi baqi hai. Lets hope again that he would bring the change as we did fervorly for his forbears.
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Jan 08, 2015 08:29am
Pakistan always look for short cuts, rather than making judiciary more efficient we established military courts. Rather then making police better we deployed army. Good luck fixing cancer with Asprin.
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Jan 08, 2015 08:35am
Look who is talking? He spends most of his days in Dubai.
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Jan 08, 2015 08:36am
Does he knows about the difference in normal courts and military courts? Probably he just wanted to be famous among his friends in UK and Dubai and tweeted to have some fun.....
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Jan 08, 2015 08:42am
what's going on in PPP leadership ! Son and father issue should be settled on their dining table.
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Jan 08, 2015 08:45am
slowly and surely pakistan is comming closer to martial law .
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Jan 08, 2015 08:45am
I have said it before and I shall emphatically say it again: Military courts are antithetical to democracy. Strengthening the judicial system and laws already on the books would have been the best course of
action. Alas.
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Jan 08, 2015 08:48am
There are no differences between this father and son!!! All this is part of a plan to put up a show for the innocent general public that poor Bilawal is not under the influence of his evil and corrupt father any more and is thus the new saviour of PPP and Pakistan. Thus in the next elections, people should vote for PPP because of it's "honest" chairman Bilawal who is not going to let Zardari interfere in the govt affairs if elected. Shame on both father and son!!!
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Jan 08, 2015 08:49am
The baby is throwing a tantrum. Its too bad to see that cronyism is still rampant in PK in 2015. What has this guy done, what has he accomplished at the grass roots level? Nothing, zero. How can PPP veterans accept to have an accomplished person surpass them? There is no such thing as meritocracy in Pakistan its family. PPP hopefully continue to drown itself and cease to exist. We need democratic parties not family run business. Then AZ goes around town saying he is saving democracy lol
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Jan 08, 2015 08:57am
pakistan and pakistani are always blackmailed in the name of national interest and doctrine of necessity which proved false with the passage of time. this is actually someone other's interest and necessity. this will also prove fatal for pakistan like zia and musharraf era. when the reality will manifest we would have lost everything. Dawn ! kindly aware the masses. no other newspaper writes likes this. you are the loyal. start urdu edition also for the awareness of general public and ensure its availabilty in all cities and towns. your recent articles of the past week or two has inspired me and now i give top priority to Dawn
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Jan 08, 2015 08:58am
who cares what he thinks? he is no body.
being son or daughter of a leader is not a qualification.
Face the music.
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Jan 08, 2015 09:09am
Why should Bilawal be consulted when he has been rebuffing his father and party for sometime now?
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Jan 08, 2015 09:11am
What does he know about anything whatsoever? Worthless priviledged class wants to claim leadership of an illiterate nation again!,
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Jan 08, 2015 09:12am
Your father's corruption didn't anger you.
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Jan 08, 2015 09:12am
Is it just me or has Bilawal started to act like Kim Jon Un? He thinks he has the birth right to lead the country, has always an air of frustration surrounding him and is also likely to put up a sham aura of success around his failure to woo his flock.
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Jan 08, 2015 09:20am
Who cares.
PPP is history, whether its zardari or bilawal.
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Jan 08, 2015 09:38am
O Please. Don't you see. This is Zardari, the mastermind's genius plan. Make everything look like Father and Son are distanced and allienated. Release stories about disagreements, keep denying them. Make the public fee Son is different from Father, come next election, Son sweeps (at least Sindh) and Father (who has always been controlling the son's strings) comes back into power this time veiled as the Son. That is the plan and PPP wins another 10 years in Sindh. Genius Zardari, I salute you. Anyone who thinks that Bilalwal has the nerve to go it alone is naive and underestimating the mastermind that Zardari is.
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Jan 08, 2015 09:45am
Bilawal Zardari playing political game according the script written by his father. If he was really concerned about the amendment for military court, he should have been in Pakistan to talk to his party not to support amendment.
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Jan 08, 2015 10:03am
My humble advice to Bilawal.... Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
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Jan 08, 2015 10:07am
Mr. Bilawal you preach democracy but do not practice, don't you know that majority has agreed on setting up of military courts, you alone do not represent democracy.
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Jan 08, 2015 10:12am
Usual good cop bad cop game.
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Jan 08, 2015 10:12am
All these need a proper and ontime implementation. I dont think that the govt and others who are supporting may be able to have an effective implementation to execute.
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Jan 08, 2015 10:12am
This is called plausible deniability. Zardari does something, Bilawal distances himself from it, it all ends up benefitting Zardari in the end when PPP (through Bilawal) wins the next elections in Sindh and Zardari is back in power. This is a set up between Father and Son. Don't be fooled by it.
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Jan 08, 2015 10:39am
How convenient. PPP playing "good cop, bad cop" as always. They always try to maintain this image of being pro-democracy, anti-Army, anti-Talibanization, etc, while practically demonstrating utter disregard of those principles. Their political strategy is always based on playing dramatic and fake emotional appeals to folks passionate about various good causes. For example, "PPP is the true representative of Sindh", "PPP is the true representative of Bhutto-ism" (if there is such a thing), "PPP is the true representative of democracy", "PPP is the true representative of liberals" and so on. Ironically, PPP cannot win anyone's approval based on performance because their deeds always belie their words.
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Jan 08, 2015 10:45am
Mr. Bilawal, please anger on Sind government!! who is sleeping and making new records of corruption and doing nothing..Karachities are still looking to resolve the basic issues of electricity shortage, health, law and order situation etc.
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Jan 08, 2015 10:52am
It is not only to tweet from the bed, come out to the society, you will see what a common man is face.
we need peace and security, either it is army or civil courts.
what you did in the last 5 years.
2008--40 terrorist attacks
2009--50 terrorist attack
In 2010, terrorist attacks staged in Pakistan have killed over 35,000 people
In 2011--App. 65 terrorist attacks
In 2012--App 210 terrorist attacks
In 2013-- App 75 terrorist attacks
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Jan 08, 2015 11:20am
@Asif This is quite possible. I am reminded of very similar father-son drama enacted by the leader of Janata Dal (Secular) HD Dewegouda (erstwhile Prime minister of India) and his son HD Kumaraswamy in Karnataka state of India. Eventually when the son Kumaraswamy became the Chief minister of Karnataka state, both of them merged together. So beware!
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Jan 08, 2015 11:25am
bye bye PPP
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Jan 08, 2015 11:58am
We all were under the impression PPP Chairman is Bilawal.
If Bilawal cant run his party and take decission how will he manage the affairs of Pakistan
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Jan 08, 2015 12:04pm
@Amjad Wyne very true..... and the fear of military court is the fear of losing any further opportunity to loot more. judiciary is in politicians' pockets!
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Jan 08, 2015 12:05pm
@Malik then how come he is in the same boat as zardari?
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Jan 08, 2015 12:07pm
@Range Rover..... all the PPP supporters should be ashamed for being PPP supporter!
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Jan 08, 2015 12:22pm
@Range Rover Are there any PPP supporters left in Pakistan?
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Jan 08, 2015 12:30pm
This also shows two things either he has lost his power over the party or he is just doing cheap politics. since one can rightly ask where was he when his party was taking the decision in APC.
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Jan 08, 2015 12:32pm
well said SIR
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Jan 08, 2015 12:54pm
Is this lad saying this out of his conviction for democracy? What has got Bilawal to do with democracy. A kid who became Chairman of a political party solely by virtue of a purportedly fake piece of paper (a so-called will from his mother) and continues enjoying the fame he got because of it; has no experience of interacting with masses; has stayed thousands of miles away from his supporters in utmost luxury; likes to run the party as if he has earned this position out of sheer hardwork and popularity and services to people.... I'm sorry Mr Bilawal, you don't deserve to make such statements.
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Jan 08, 2015 01:20pm
Stupid Pakistan....... Why can't you understand....... Court and military are two different worlds..... They should never be combined together...... And for Pakistan...... Which has the history of coups and military rules........ God save Pakistan....... Better ammend constitution to set up better laws to deal with these animals...... Or get ready for another martial rule......
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Jan 08, 2015 01:22pm
You people are just looking at short term benefits of setting up military courts........ Please widen your visions......
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Jan 08, 2015 01:25pm
Father and Son drama to stay relevant...
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Jan 08, 2015 01:48pm
"Uther tum ither hum"-"You on that side we over here " was the real compromise of PPP, which deprived the real "Quaid Awam" Mr. Mujib-ur-Rehman from mandate of the people.
It seems Bilawal has not been told the truth.
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Jan 08, 2015 01:50pm
The entire country is ashamed of PPP and looters associated with it!!
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Jan 08, 2015 02:14pm
PPP playing "good cop, bad cop" with Pakistanis. Bilawal, Raza Rabbani shedding tears while other party leaders supporting the amendment.
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Jan 08, 2015 02:34pm
Bilawal, the world outside your security bubble is very different for other Pakistanis. Sometimes drastic measures need to be made to deal with drastic problems.
As the scion of the rich how could you possibly understand the view of the people you want to rule over?
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Jan 08, 2015 03:05pm
Pakistan has always suffered from short-term thinking and once again the creation of military courts will take back the country's judiciary system 2-4 years. Instead they should reinforce judiciary's power and better equip the police. A common Pakistani thinks that military is the solution for every thing but because of this unfortunate thinking our country has suffered. One step forward two steps back.
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Jan 08, 2015 03:46pm
Army courts are not correct for any civilized society. Pakistan has to decide whether they want to go ahead or want to get back to 18th century where justice can be achieved only on the bases of sword.?
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Jan 08, 2015 03:59pm
I Strongly believe our civil security system is not working .So we need some action to control this law in order .At present only our army can do the best result. we must support our army.Regarding Parliament is use less for Pakistan our parliament is just a liability of Pakistani common people to pay their salary and other expenses .
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Jan 08, 2015 04:17pm
Does it matter...what he thinks ?
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Jan 08, 2015 04:28pm
@Asif :Better for him to give his reins to Imran for appropriate grooming. He should denounce the overruling and overstepping norms of his Co-chairman and become all-powerful in self. This is nothing new if going by Moguls' ways are any guide.
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Jan 08, 2015 05:07pm
@jay patel sadly we are not a civilized society yet, once civilization is established maybe this conversation can be initiated
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Jan 08, 2015 05:44pm
Is he relevant to Pakistan ?
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Jan 08, 2015 05:58pm
He should be ignored.
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Jan 08, 2015 06:53pm
Hypocrite.
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Jan 09, 2015 01:53pm
Sada khush raho khan shb
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Jan 10, 2015 06:49am
For once he is right.
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