Bilawal meets heirs of martyrs in Quetta visit, censures govt

Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari visited Quetta to offer his condolences to the heirs of Hazarganji suicide bombing, yesterday. He met heirs of martyrs, including Shia Hazara.
During his visit to Quetta, Bilawal severely criticized the government hypocrisy on the issue of terrorism and banned terror outfits. He was accompanied by veteran PPP leader and ex-chief minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah.
He urged Pakistan government to end its policy of double speak. “Choose a side. The victims or the terrorists,” he urged.
PPP chairman reiterated his demand to implement NAP & sack ministers associated with banned outfits. He demanded that victims of terrorism should be mainstreamed instead of terrorists of banned outfits.
“On one hand they say the government is standing with the victims of the incident, and on the other a video exists where a federal minister is seen giving assurances to murderers and saying that no one will be able to touch them,” Bilawal said.
“Till when will have these dual standards, till when will this terrorism continue?” he asked, adding that the victims of terrorism are the ones who need to be mainstreamed, “not terrorists.”
“No one can fight extremism alone, but we have to decide for the future. We need to fight this extremist mindset. When we ask for justice, we are called an enemy of the state. When I speak against banned organisations, I’m branded an enemy of the state,” Bilawal said while speaking to the media.
He said that NAP had been created with the consensus of all political parties and it was the government’s job to implement it.