Narrative of Imran Khan is a reflection of his undemocratic thinking: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

LARKANA, Dec 28 (SABAH): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto while launching a scathing attack on former prime minister, said the narrative of Imran Khan was a reflection of his undemocratic thinking and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman was doing politics of lies, hatred and incitement.

Speaking to the media persons in Larkana on Wednesday, Bilawal said the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) toppled his [Imran Khan] government and this would be the third Parliament to complete the term as the general elections in the country would be held at the scheduled time.

Bilawal said Imran Khan wanted the door of dictatorship open and he could once again become the prime minister through backdoor. “Khan Sahib’s first obstinacy and conspiracy was to hold elections in the presence of his facilitators sitting in the Establishment and he came out successful,” he added.

The foreign minister said the PTI chairman had no more facilitators in the Establishment, adding that he might have facilitators in any other institution.

Meanwhile, in an interview with the Arab News, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the creation of “Loss and Damage” fund under Pakistan’s chairmanship at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), in Egypt, last month to support the climate disasters hit countries, was a significant achievement.

The foreign minister, referring to the establishment of the fund, said that it was something that climate activists had been struggling for the last 30 years and he was proud that it was achieved under Pakistan’s chair of the G77.

The foreign minister said that he felt that they had managed to achieve some common ground through the language incorporated in loss and damage.

Obviously, the foreign minister said there were different perspectives as the developing world felt that their carbon footprint was smaller, they had not contributed as much as the developed world to this crisis.

“The agenda, or the aspiration of the G77, is exactly that. We represent the aspirations of the developing world,” the foreign minister said.

He said the ‘Loss and Damage’ fund was a demonstration of developing nations wielding collective strength when they had a common cause, adding “I think we were very successful in creating that consensus.”

The foreign minister said time and time again, the G77 had come together to take unanimous decisions, consensus decisions. Every meeting that he chaired had an outcome document.

“I tend to believe that there’s far more that unites us than divides us. And we should seek common ground, areas in which we can work together, rather than find areas where we disagree,” the foreign minister opined.

“We need to look at this, not just as the developed world needing to give compensation or reparations to the developing world, but as a more practical approach, a more realistic approach, that we have to work together,” he added.

Foreign Minister Bilawal further stressed that the global south and the global north have to work together. The developing world and the developed world have to work together. “Wherever we look we see climate catastrophes catching up to us and we have to work together to address this issue,” he added.