Country is being run in an undemocratic manner: PPP

Islamabad: Information Secretary Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians Shazia Atta Marri and Information Secretary Pakistan Peoples Party Faisal Karim Kundi have said that the country is being run in an undemocratic manner.

Imran Khan has made a mockery of the country and the parliament. Yesterday’s joint session of the parliament was used to pass black laws which are unfortunate. The last joint meeting was also cancelled due to the non-availability of members as 30 to 40 members were not available to them. PTI members themselves had said that they did not come on their own accord.

Shazia Marri and Faisal Karim Kundi said that even the copies of the bill were not provided. We asked for the mic and were not able to speak. Among the bills was a NEPRA bill that abolished provincial representation. The joint session of the parliament was used maliciously.

Shazia Marri said that they talk about the problems of the people through the media. No government policy or legislation is for the relief of the people. The people will not vote for the PTI. Those that have voted for the PTI are regretting it now. Cameras were found inside polling booths during the Senate elections. FBR’s website is hacked 71,000 times monthly.

Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had said to the Speaker that the voting machine in the National Assembly has been there for the last 26 years, but it has not been used. Elections are rigged in the name of magic ink and RTS. The RTS system fails and then the polling staff is abducted, she added.

“We have no objection over the use of technology but there is no transparency in the political system. Yesterday was a dark day, the people can decide when Imran Khan is to leave the country. Imran Khan has snatched roofs from the poor,” she said.

Faisal Karim Kundi said that hurdles were erected against the PPP during its meetings in KP. Various excuses are being used. The Sindh High Court had clearly ordered that strict security arrangements be made for Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. However, the KP government is refusing to provide security to Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. He clarified that PPP meetings will be held in any case.

Former federal minister Asma Arbab Alamgir and Nazir Dhoki were also present on the occasion.