Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, patron-in-chief of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), has urged all political forces of Pakistan to deal with militant groups, including Taliban, with an iron hand.
In interview, son of the assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, spoke about his political ambitions. He called for a decisive military action against the armed groups, not talks.
“I think we have been exhausted for the option of talks, we endorsed always as part of 3D policy, dialogue is always an option, but we will have to had a position of strength, how do you talk from a position of strength, you will have to beat them in the battlefield because they are fighting us,” he said.
To a question about a possible operation in North Waziristan, he said “They [Taliban] are not confined to North Waziristan, they are attacking us in Karachi where we are having the operation, we will like it if the Federation supports us for that, we would like to eradicate the Taliban from Pakistan,” the young politician emphasised.
Replying to a question about the PPP government’s failure in anti-Taliban war, he said “It hasn’t been tried for success of the war, but the national consensus that we wanted to build has been absconded by politicians who said oh this is America’s war, this and that, who confused the issue on purpose because they are scared, they are coward and the fact remains, how long will we have to wait, it’s just a matter of time”.
Bilawal for decisive military action against militant groups
