This puppet government will collapse on its own: Bilawal.

Islamabad: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that his party doesn't need to topple this puppet government, as it will collapse on its own, while "we continue to serve the people".

Bilawal expressed these views while addressing a gathering at the inauguration of the new 100 MGD water plant in Dhabeji. Calling out the double standards and hypocrisy that prevails in the federal government, he said that policies being followed were indicative of how it had bifurcated Pakistan.

He said the people of Sindh should not be punished for upending the plots of the selectors in the general elections. He added that whilst in Punjab, the inspector general (IG) is replaced with astonishing regularity, but when it comes to the powers vested in the government of Sindh by its people, the law changes and suddenly the province is beholden to those in Islamabad.

"Is Sindh still a colony that the viceroy in Islamabad needs to give approval for the daily affairs of the province?" he asked.

The PPP chairman said that the selected government had been in the power for over a year, but during this time the federal government has yet to complete any of the development projects it promised. "The incompetent government is dividing the nation, damaging the federation and instead of abusing others, it should pay heed to its assigned duties," he added. He went on to say that the slogan of "Not two, but one Pakistan" was chanted by Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who had taken on the institutionalised cartels which were running the country and redistributed wealth, creating a sizable middle class. He said the PTI government may take much pleasure in plagiarising the slogan, but its policies had decimated the poor and middle class in favour of the prime minister's crony capitalist friends.

He added that the Sindh chief minister, an elected official accountable to the people of Sindh, should have enough room to create his own team to help him govern. He went on to say that the rise of street crime in Sindh had led to public outcry. And since the provincial government is accountable to the people it is only fair that the police be accountable to it. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that only an elected government can hold the police accountable. He said that despite all the conspiracies and limited resources, Sindh's government is striving to serve the people to the best of its abilities. He said that solving the shortage of water is amongst the...