ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday rejected rumors that Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman’s scheduled visit to Pakistan was postponed due to PTI’s long march and political crisis in the country.
Addressing the press conference, Bilawal said that I don’t think the visit of Muhammad bin Salman has been postponed due to Imran Khan’s long march.
Criticizing PTI Chairman Imran Khan, the Foreign Minister said that the purpose of the party’s long march to Islamabad was to make the appointment of the next Army Chief controversial.
He said that Imran Khan’s long march had no democratic purpose, adding that the former prime minister had offered a life extension to the current army chief to avoid a no-confidence motion.
He further said that Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa rejected this offer for the sake of Pakistan.
The foreign minister said that Imran Khan wants to make the implementation of the constitution controversial.
He blamed the former prime minister for the economic crisis in the country and said that Khan wanted to sabotage the agreement between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Chairman PPP said that his party is against sit-ins from the beginning, he adopted democratic method to remove Imran Khan’s government.
In response to a question, Bilawal Bhutto said that the appointment of the Army Chief is the power of the Prime Minister. He advised the PTI chairman to allow the process of appointment of the new Chief of Army Staff to be completed and postpone his long march for a few days.
He advised Imran Khan not to make the appointment of Army Chief controversial.
This is the last chance for Imran Khan to fulfill his constitutional responsibility or the President will face the consequences.
