Karachi, January 03, 2023 (PPI-OT):Chairman of Pakistan People’s Party and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the rehabilitation of flood victims across the country is my mission, I will not leave my people alone. We will ensure that we get support from around the world and help people affected by climate change stand on their feet.
Talking to the media after visiting the flood-affected areas of Dadu district, the PPP chairman said that the federal and provincial governments presented the plans for the rehabilitation of the flood victims to the world at the International Climate Resilience Conference on January 9. Will do and the Roadshow of Climate Resilience Pakistan will start from this day.
He said that the purpose of his recent visit to the flood-affected areas is that he wants to convey the message that the flood victims are still facing difficult situations, and that they should not be forgotten by the rest of the world.
He said that this flood in the country was historic, regarding which the whole world is saying from the United Nations to the meetings in Sharm-e-Sheikh that due to the flood, one-third of the land in Pakistan was submerged in flood water. There is no such example anywhere that one-third of the country was drowned, it was a situation like the doomsday before the doomsday. Some of Sindh and Balochistan
Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that after the flood, a crisis has arisen in every sector including agriculture, the health infrastructure has been badly damaged. This situation is not only in Sindh, education has been damaged in all other flood-affected areas, but only in Sindh 50% of educational institutions have been destroyed.
He said that the resources are less, it will take time to complete the flood recovery mission. He stressed that we have to ensure the rehabilitation work not only in Sindh but also in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan.
In response to a question asked by a journalist, the PPP Chairman said that Imran Khan has many aspirations, but he has failed at every opportunity. He said that by taking out long march twice, he was thinking that elections would be held soon, but his stubbornness was not fulfilled. He said that Imran Khan’s politics is harming the country and the nation along with harming him.
He further said that even though we were in the opposition, we had supported the government during the corona epidemic, so today the opposition should take the economic crisis seriously and support the government, come to the parliament and play their role.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, in response to the question of the MQM, said that there have been differences between his party and the MQM and there will be differences in the future, but we should try to work together. He said that we want to follow the agreement with MQM, we are ready to sit and discuss the issues.
He emphasized that we will make the system of local bodies as strong as possible, but the delay in the local body elections affects the administrative affairs. Despite the completion of the first phase of the by-elections before the floods, the successful candidates are yet to take their oath of office, if they take the oath they could help their people in the flood affected areas.
In response to a question about terrorism, the foreign minister said that we raised our voice even when decisions were being taken against our national security. We did what the whole world could not do in Afghanistan together, we wiped out the terrorists in Waziristan, Swat and Karachi.
He said that after winning the war, it was decided that the accomplices of the terrorist would be released without asking anyone. He asked which country does this. He said that Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan is a reality, while Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan is a temptation.
He said that Imran Khan made a statement on TV that we brought the Taliban here. Imran Khan compromised on the blood of our martyrs, who called us imported was importing terrorism, today PTI representatives are paying extortion to Taliban. He clarified that I will not forgive the terrorists, neither the government nor the nation is ready to forgive.
Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also appreciated the hard work and efforts of government officials and other staff during the flood. He said that our armed forces also actively participated in the relief activities during the flood. The Foreign Minister expressed his sincere gratitude to the United Nations Secretary General and various institutions, individuals and countries, including the United Arab Emirates, for their assistance to the flood victims and appealed that the flood victims still need their assistance today.
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