Time has come for the people of Sindh to get rid of salivary faced by them from last 15 years: Qureshi


KAMU SHAHEED/ISLAMABAD, Feb 26 (SABAH): Foreign Minister and Vice Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that time has come for the people of Sindh to get rid of the salivary faced by them from last 15 years and set new destination and this destination is near.

While addressing PTI’s Sindh rights march participants at Kamu Shaheed area in Ghotki district on Saturday Shah Mahmood Qureshi asked the people of Sindh to get ready as he has come along with the manifesto and message of Imran Khan, adding that he is starting the journey today to reach every district, taluqa and village of Sindh. He said that dacoity has been committed on the rights of the people of Sindh during last 15 years, adding that we will compensate this. He said that the day of holding accountability for the looting of plunder of 15 years has come.

Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that carwan will reach Karachi on 6th March along with the message of Prime Minister Imran Khan, then I will invite Imran Khan that Sindh and Sindhis are ready for your reception.

Meanwhile talking to the state-run TV Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that thousands of people have gathered and moving forward to Karachi to ask the question from Bilawal Bhutto Zardari that you are ruling Sindh from last 15 years what you have done for Sindh, adding that poverty has been increased in Sindh, situation of illiteracy and hospitals is in front of masses. He said that the victimization politics done in Sindh is in front of masses and looting and plunder in Sindh is in front of masses, adding that according to the latest survey only five percent people of Punjab are ready to move along with Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). He said that PPP has already compromised Punjab and surrendered before the Pakistan Muslim-League-Nawaz (PML-N). He said that PPP and PML-N has made compromise, adding that the people understanding the effort of Bilawal Bhutto to derail system and democracy. He said that it is right of Bilawal Bhutto to contact with the people and it is PTI’s right that we should convey Imran Khan’s message to masses of Sindh, adding that if PPP’s march is legal then why PTI’s march is illegal and if they could contact the people then why we should not approach the people. Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that Bilawal Bhutto should happily visit Punjab and we also enjoy right to approach the people of Sindh. Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that it will be our earnest effort that our students stranded in Ukraine are evacuated to Pakistan safely.

Earlier on Saturday Shah Mahmood Qurushi expressed the hope that Sindh government would not create hurdles in PTI’s Sindh rights march.

In a short message prior to his departure to Sindh province, the foreign minister said the way, Bilwal Bhutto Zaradi could come to Punjab and start his public campaign similarly, PTI had the same rights to present its message in Sindh, in a democratic manner.

Qureshi said “Keeping in view, the democratic traditions, let’s present your stance, allowing us to exercise the same.”

He hoped the PPP’s Sindh government would not create hurdles in the way of rally as the PTI had no other intentions.

“I want to remind if our processions or party workers are targeted, the PTI workers in Punjab will be noting such things,” he cautioned.

The PTI’s vice chairman will lead the PTI’s march from Kamu Shaheed area in Sindh today along with other leaders of PTI Sindh chapter. The ‘‘Huqooq-e-Sindh March” would culminate in Karachi on March 6 after passing through Ghotki, Pano Akil, Sukkar and 27 other districts of the province.

The PTI leader further urged the people of Sindh to think about their future as they had been bearing a government for the last 15 years that had burdened them with its corruption.

He said that he would be spreading a message of the PTI chairman to the people of the province during his visit to different parts.

“Get ready and join the procession for a prosperous, stronger and better Pakistan,” he stressed.

Qureshi expressed the optimism that oppressed segments of Sindh that had been groaning under PPP’s corrupt rule would come out and resist the grinding wheel of injustice.

“Time has come to break shackles of slavery and move ahead. It is a message, a philosophy and a manifesto,” he said, adding that PTI was offering the Sindh people an alternative to what they had been experiencing for more than a decade.