Bilawal Bhutto calls for NA debate over new provinces

LONDON: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called for a debate in the National Assembly over issue of new provinces, ARY News reported on Wednesday.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was talking to media in London on Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s remarks regarding the failure of the system.

The PPP chairman said that Mohsin Naqvi was speaking his own mind when he talked about the failure of the system, but he (Bilawal) was speaking his own. He said that Mohsin Naqvi rarely attends assembly sessions; he should come there frequently.



Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that solution to inflation, unemployment and poverty was not the creation of new provinces but democracy and empowering the people.

The PPP chairman said he is ready for a debate on new provinces with any of federal minister in the National Assembly.

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The former foreign minister said the issue should be debated in parliament and that the views of elected representatives and the people should be given due importance.

Bilawal said the fate of Pakistan should not be left in the hands of a few businessmen. He reiterated that strengthening democracy and ensuring people’s participation in decision-making were essential to addressing the country’s economic and social challenges.