ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday said that he did not see the need to hold early elections in the country as was being demanded by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan.
The foreign minister, in an interview with Al-Jazeera, said that the current government inherited from its predecessor “a divided country and a collapsed economy.”
However, he said the incumbent government was looking for solutions to internal problems and consensus at the international level.
He said in order to address the challenges inherited from the previous government, it was essential that the whole country get united as no single political party or individual could address the situation alone.
He said in order to address the challenged inherited form the previous government, it was essential that the whole country get united as no single political party or individual could address the situation alone.
Rubbishing the accusations of a foreign conspiracy behind the removal of Imran Khan, the foreign minister said the political leaders were supposed to speak the truth to their people instead of coming up with such conspiracy theories.
The foreign minister went on to say that it was for the first time that a prime minister was removed constitutionally through a vote of confidence, not through a coup or court order.
Asked about the early elections, he said instead of furthering democracy, the early elections would instead further Imran Khan’s agenda.
Bilawal said it was important for the country to complete its five years term unless there was any urgency which currently was not there.
To a question, FM Bilawal said that Kashmir was an unfinished agenda and since Narendra Modi’s election, the space for Muslims in India as well as Kashmir was shrinking.
