Intolerance, extremism destroying Pakistan: Bilawal

By KalingaTV Bureau On Nov 18, 2019 0

Pakistan : Bilawal — ISLAMABAD, Aug. 13, 2018 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari talks to media upon his arrival at the National Assembly to attend the first session of the parliament after the general election, in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Aug. 13, 2018. The newly elected members of the National Assembly or the lower house of Pakistan's parliament on Monday took the oath, which marks the formal inauguration of the new parliament following the July 25 general elections. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal/IANS)

Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto on Sunday said that the country was facing worst kind of intolerance in modern times.

In a statement issued on the the International Day for Tolerance observed by the UN, Bhutto said intolerance is rising in Pakistan and extremism has been injected into the country’s politics, Dawn reported.

Extremism is destroying the whole society, he added.

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He emphasized that PPP leadership, which has always promoted tolerance, equality and peace, has been denied access to personal doctors in jail.

Lashing out at Imran Khan government, he alleged that the elections are being replaced with “selection” to make people irrelevant in governance.

(IANS)

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