- Bilawal requires the CCI exam on industrial channel projects.
- The Sindh is opposed to unilateral decisions on the construction of new channels.
- Bilawal says that certain factions exploiting the water dispute for gains.
Islamabad: The President of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, expressed the profound concerns of Sindh on Tuesday concerning the construction of new industrial river channels, stressing that the question must be resolved by consensus and the question is examined by the Council of Commun Interests (CCI), The news reported.
Addressing the media of Parliament, Bilawal said that President Asif Ali Zardari underlined the unilateral government policies without consensus, in particular the decision to take new industrial channels.
“President Zardari highlighted the issue before the National Assembly and the current government. The government is under pressure due to the issue, and it must be revised and resolved, “he said.
Bilawal said there was no reason why the government did not accept suggestions. “The government would not want its projects to become controversial or in any way harm the federative units,” he said.
The PPP, he said, was the first part to raise his voice against the empiet issues on the rights of the provinces. “Even in his latest speech in the Assembly, the late Nawaz Yousuf Talpur raised the question of water, as well as other members of the PPP,” he said, adding that the chief minister of Sindh Murad Ali Shah, his ministers and the provincial bureaucracy also raised the issue of each forum.
To a question, President Bilawal said that the Common interest Council is the right forum to resolve the question of water distribution and that the PPP has constantly demanded that a meeting of the CCI be summoned. He said that some politicians belonging to certain factions exploit this national number to pursue their policy and attacking the only party that still strives from parity.
‘Relief for our farmers’
In addition, he said that in the Green Pakistan project and obtaining investments for agriculture, the PPP has it not only, but it is the real philosophy of the party. “We want not only a relief for our farmers, but we also want them to flourish,” he said.
To maximize the results of the first phase, Bilawal said that the Punjab and Sindh areas that contribute to the agricultural economy must have priority. “Small landowners must have the power of collective negotiation when you work together,” he said.
The president said that provincial governments should use the public-private partnership model to introduce intelligent irrigation funded by the federal government, making collective agriculture a revolutionary decision. He said the PPP is working on pilot projects across the Sindh, including organic saline agriculture in Thar.
Bilawal said he expects the Prime Minister to honor the agreed base points with the PPP in the context of his political understanding. “The Prime Minister asked his team to tackle our grievances,” he said.
He said the PPP is the third greatest strength in the National Assembly. “Our level of confidence has not yet reached the stadium where the PPP can become a government coalition partner,” said PPP president.
Formula of the first term term ‘
He said that the PPP had always rejected the formula of the “mid-term prime minister”. “Our relations with the government and the political position are before everyone,” he said. The PPP is currently working with the political party that has engaged with it for the country.
Regarding the Iftar dinner with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Bilawal said that he was grateful to him to have welcomed the PPP delegation. He said inflation was the most important issue, on which the parties challenged the elections, and now that economic indicators are improving, the PPP joins the rest of the country to congratulate the PM Sharif.
He added that the PPP also expressed his concerns about the deterioration of the situation of public order in Balutchistan and the KP. “To parachinar in Bannu and Peshawar, including all tribal areas, the fire of terrorism continues to spread,” he said.
By referring to the KP government, he said that he had “never witnessed such a level of” disinterest “by a provincial government with regard to questions concerning their own electorate.”
Bilawal said he had asked the Prime Minister to press the provincial government to solve this problem. “It is also the responsibility of the Federation to deal with these questions, as they cannot abandon KP to the whims of the current provincial regime,” he said. He also declared that attacking the situation of the law and the order is a collective responsibility.
On Balutchistan, the PPP President said that not only are the law and order an urgent problem, but that climate change also pushed its claws into the province and that the restoration work for the devastation caused by the floods must be accelerated.
Describing the President’s speech in Parliament as “historic”, he said that it was the first time in the history of Pakistan that a civil president addressed Parliament for the eighth time. He said that the state’s state spirit and focus on people’s issues, as well as the recommendation of consensual reforms, reflected people’s expectations.
“From economics to terrorism as well as agriculture and technology, the president’s address addressed all the vital problems encountered by the country. The president, as a symbol of the federation, is the only representative of all elected deputies, as well as provincial assemblies. »»
The president of the PPP said that it was the responsibility of the media to disseminate the truth only. “Opposition propaganda should not be repeated,” he said. Regarding the next budget, PPP President said he hoped that the PPP and the PMLN, according to their agreement, would collect it collectively with the PSDP for the four provinces.
