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2019-09-13 India-Pakistan
Bilawal accuses centre of trying to 'occupy Karachi'
[DAWN] PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday lashed out at the federal government for "trying to occupy Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
" following Law Minister Farogh Naseem's statement that the centre was considering taking over the administrative affairs of the metropolis through a little-known constitutional provision.

Yesterday, Naseem had told Dawn that a strategic committee on Karachi was going to recommend to Prime Minister Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who isn't your heaviest-duty thinker, maybe not even among the top five...
that he invoke Article 149 for the uplift of Karachi.

"After getting approval of the cabinet, the provision will be exercised. In case of any resistance shown by the provincial government, we will approach the Supreme Court under Article 184(1) of the Constitution to seek a directive in this regard. If the province still shows reluctance, we will file a contempt petition in the SC," he had said.

The minister had told news channels that it was his personal view that the Centre should take over Karachi’s affairs. Any decision was likely to be taken by the premier during his visit to the metropolis on September 14, he added.

"You try to build a narrative against [Indian Prime Minister Narendra] Modi, saying that he unconstitutionally captured occupied Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
, and at the same time you try to occupy Karachi. This is bizarre," Bilawal said in his presser. He said Prime Minister Imran Khan, "who has vowed to protect human rights
...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you...
in [occupied] Kashmir, has ripped apart democratic rights of the people of Pakistain.

"You want to run Karachi from Islamabad?" he asked

Addressing the media in Hyderabad, Bilawal said that the PPP, which is the ruling party in Sindh, "will never accept any conspiracy" against the province.

Posted by Fred 2019-09-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [15 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Pakistan 

#1 That's probably Pakistain's next PM, if everything goes well.
Posted by Dron66046 2019-09-13 15:38||   2019-09-13 15:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Ah Karachi - if you can't make it there you're not a serious terrorist.
Posted by jpal 2019-09-13 18:35||   2019-09-13 18:35|| Front Page Top

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