KARACHI: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Chairperson, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has left for the United states on a seven-day visit, as per a report published in media.
A PPP spokesperson said that Bilawal Bhutto will take part in a conference and also hold important meetings in the US. During his absence in Pakistan, Bhutto’s sister, Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari, will lead the party’s election campaign in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah is already in US for a private visit.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed said it makes no difference to Prime Minister Imran Khan even if the PPP chairperson visits the US thrice, adding that PM Khan will complete his five-year term.
Talking to newspersons, the minister said the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has ‘finished’. He said the working relationship between the government and Opposition will improve after the Azad Kashmir polls.
“I will accompany Prime Minister Imran Khan during the election campaign in Azad Kashmir,” he said.
“We want peace in Afghanistan,” he said, adding that Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa is taking steps for peace in the war-torn country.
“We will accept whatever the people of Afghanistan decide,” he said, adding that Pakistan will not allow its soil to be used against any country.
The minister remarked that Imran Khan himself has raised the case of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) in the world, particularly at the UN. He said no talks will be held with India unless it withdraws its August 5 steps.
The PPP had lashed out at the government, alleging that “puppet rulers” are afraid of Bhutto’s visit to the US and as a result, were creating unnecessary rumors.
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