Bilawal Bhutto may be the next FM of Pakistan
Highlight
- 33-year-old Bilawal Bhutto is Oxford educated
- Bhutto is the son of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and former President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari.
- Bhutto had earlier criticized Imran Khan’s leadership
According to a media report, Bilawal Bhutto is likely to be appointed as the next foreign minister of Pakistan in the new government after Imran Khan’s expulsion through a no-confidence motion ended a humiliating one. While the positions of the Prime Minister and the President are important, the question of who will be the External Affairs Minister under the new government is also important as the joint opposition continues to target Khan’s government for its wrong foreign policies, Geo News reports. . “According to rumours, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is likely to be appointed as the foreign minister,” it said.
The 33-year-old Oxford-educated politician, however, said in an interview with The Independent Urdu that the party would decide on his appointment as the new foreign minister. Bilawal Bhutto is the son of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and former President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari. He is the maternal grandfather of former President of Pakistan and Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Criticizing Khan’s leadership, Bhutto said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has made the Ministry of External Affairs and the National Security Committee (NSC) controversial.
During a debate in the National Assembly on Saturday, Bilawal had trained his guns on Khan’s foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, and questioned why he was not present for a meeting of the National Security Committee, which focused on the so-called “foreign conspiracy”. was discussed. PTI Govt. Bilawal said if there was a conspiracy against the government, Khan should have acted immediately. He said the current fight is not between PTI, PPP or PDM, but between those who have upheld the Constitution and those who have defied it. The PPP president said that Khan “fears a fair and free election”.
He said the opposition wants to remove the government in a “democratic way”. “This is the only legal and democratic way to dismiss the government,” he said. He said that the National Assembly belongs to the people of Pakistan. He said Khan has divided the House, the judiciary, the establishment and the entire country. “The prime minister should show sportsmanship. He is the first captain to run off the pitch with a wicket.”
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