Former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari Thusrday called for an end to the “politics of terrorism”, saying that all problems could not be solved “with the force of guns”.
“I appeal to the people of Balochistan that don’t indulge in the politics of torture. Quaid-i-Azam created an entire country but never shot one bullet,” he said.
“Do your politics, but in a peaceful way […] I promise to find a solution to all the problems. The people who believe that missing persons is not an issue, this is their misconception, I promise that I will convince them and we will find a solution to this problem.
“We are living in 2024. The entire world makes fun of us when our sisters raise this issue and we don’t even talk to them,” Bilawal said.
He also expressed displeasure at the way the caretaker government engaged with Baloch protesters, terming it “undemocratic”.
PPP Chairman said it would rain arrows in Balochistan on February 8, confident of his party’s victory in the forthcoming general elections.
Referring to the latest attacks on PPP candidates and election offices in the province, the former foreign minister said his party was not scared of terrorists. “We are the party of martyrs, we will never surrender before terrorists,” he asserted.
Bilawal promised that if he was elected prime minister, he would speak for the people of Balochistan, particularly women. “I want to tell the Baloch women that if I become the PM, their son and brother will be sitting in the National Assembly.”
Bilawal said there were some quarters that were targeting his party in Balochistan.
“They know that if Bilawal is elected, all the problems in Balochistan will vanish. The way I feel for my Baloch brothers and sisters, no one else in the country does,” he said at a rally in Khuzdar.
“They know that I understand the pain of the martyrs in Balochistan […] they know that I understand the problems of the Baloch people […] they know that I will not just solve the problem of terrorists but also that of missing persons,” Bilawal said.
“They know that we don’t indulge in the politics of hatred and division.”