Removal of 800,000 people from BISP grave cruelty, says Bilawal at Liaquat Bagh rally.

RAWALPINDI -- Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday lashed out at the government for removing more than 800,000 beneficiaries from the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), terming the move a grave cruelty on part of the government.

Speaking at a public gathering held to observe former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's death anniversary at Liaquat Bagh - the venue of her assassination - in Rawalpindi, Bilawal said the country was in danger and it was the duty of his party "to complete the mission of Benazir Bhutto".

"Benazir was a chain that united the federation of Pakistan, but this was not acceptable to her enemies," he added.

"Look at the state of this democracy. The parliament is locked, media is not free, there are attacks on the 18th amendment, the judiciary is not free," lamented the PPP chairman. "Terrorists may have been defeated but extremism is present all over the country," he added.

Recounting the struggles of his mother, Bilawal said, "Every street of Rawalpindi, all its walls and buildings and its land is witness to what happened to Benazir".

"You people are witness to the atrocities faced by Bhutto. You are witness to how people's rule was ended. You are witness to the atrocities faced by jiyalas (party workers)".

Bilawal said Benazir continued the struggle of her father, confronted two dictators, faced 'selected' politicians and extremists but despite all that she "provided rights to women, freed the media and prisoners and also got missile technology for the country".

The PPP chairman said his mother had come back to Pakistan to establish awaami raj (people's rule) in the country once again but on "December 27th...