Constitution, parliament 'undermined to forcibly pass' FATF-related bills: Bilawal.

ISLAMABAD -- PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday said the Constitution and the Parliament were "undermined to forcibly pass" bills crucial to the requirements laid out by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for Pakistan to exit its "grey list".

Addressing an All Parties Conference arranged by the Pakistan Bar Council, Bilawal questioned how long the Parliament can be accepted as a mere "rubber stamp" one.

Bilawal lamented that National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser "did not recount votes" during the legislative process, despite repeated calls from the opposition parties to do so.

Hitting out at Prime Minister Imran Khan, the PPP chairman said that people are told that they live in the State of Madinah but in this state, a woman gets raped on a motorway.

"However, the ones who are responsible for people's security, instead of blaming the rapists, they question the victim," he said, adding: "And the state's ministers and prime minister come forward to defend them."

The recent floods have affected the country severely and dealt heavy damage to the crops, however, no one is raising voice for the people of the state in the mainstream media, he said.

"Our political parties should remember that when the floods hit the country in 2011, Watan Card was launched [by the PPP government] to compensate the affectees," Bilawal said.

"Today, no one is ready to support or compensate the affected people and we call this state, the state of Madinah."

The PPP chairperson said that in the state of Madinah, freedom of expression was guaranteed. "In...