Bilawal: Allies should quit Govt if they do not wish to 'commit treason' Hopes Mengal will stick to his decision.

Karachi -- PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday called upon all government allies to 'quickly announce their separation from the coalition if they wish to avoid committing treason' against the country.

'Akhtar Mengal has played a positive role. Now there is no valid reason for him to stay with this government,' said Bilawal, adding: 'I hope he will stick to his decision.'

Bilawal's words came three days after Balochistan National Party-Mengal leader Akhtar Mengal announced that his party was breaking its alliance with the ruling coalition.

Following the announcement, government representatives, chiefly defence minister Pervez Khattak, have been tasked with placating Mengal and bring him back into the fold.

Bilawal, in the media briefing, said that Prime Minister Imran Khan's opposition to the 18th constitutional amendment and the National Finance Commission award to the provinces is now 'plain for all to see'.

'He is even against the 1973 Constitution,' the PPP chairman claimed, censuring the government for 'speaking against the 18th Amendment and NFC award while on a visit to Sindh'. He said that the premier 'should have at least stopped to think of where he is' before speaking out against the province. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that cutting Rs229 billion from Sindh's share amid coronavirus pandemic is unfair. He said that Centre should have announced a coronavirus package for all provinces.

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