Bilawal asks judges not to become 'Tiger Force'.

KARACHI -- In light of extraordinary relief extended to Imran Khan by the Supreme Court, Foreign Minister and chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday asked the judiciary to refrain from becoming 'Tiger Force' - a reference to the youth wing of Imran Khan's PTI, and warned that the PPP would 'snatch justice if it is not served'.

While addressing a rally at I.I. Chundrigar Road to celebrate the PPP's success in the recent local elections in Karachi and other parts of Sindh, the PPP chairman warned the growing interference of judiciary in political affairs could lead to call from his PPP to mark the death anniversaries of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto inside the Supreme Court.

The PPP chairman asked the judges to do 'justice' and 'not politics', recalling the recent history of a 'highly politicised' judiciary which was allegedly part of rigging in the previous two general elections.

Says if justice is not served, then PPP will 'snatch' it

Blaming the judiciary for 'becoming highly politicised again' before the next general elections, he warned that the PPP would not tolerate any rigging by the judiciary or establishment in the next polls.

The PPP chairman also maintained the same critical and harsh tone against the PTI and called it a 'political terrorist.'

He targeted both the judiciary and the PTI, questioning the standard of justice set by the apex court's judges for the opposition party and its founder.

'When they [judiciary] are seeing that the fresh elections are approaching, they are becoming overly politicised again,' he said.

'But this is my message: We have tolerated enough but we are not going to tolerate any rigging this time whether it is from the judiciary or the establishment. If the judiciary continues to show itself overly politicised, the PPP will reject such elections.

'And this time we won't restrict ourselves to traditional...

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