PML-N govt has become blind, ruthless: Bilawal

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has expressed grave concern over the indifferent and apathetic attitude of both Federal and Gilgit-Baltistan governments towards the sorry plight of torrential rains and flood victims in the northern areas.

“Politics is the second name of service but in PML-N case it seems to become completely ignorant towards the people, especially who have been completely ruined and ravaged by the rains, floods and land-slide in the far-flung areas of Gilgit-Baltistan,” Bilawal said while talking via phone to PPP G-B Chapter President Advocate Amjad Hussain.

Amjad Hussain informed the chairman that no proper help had been provided to the affected people who were facing worst shortage of food and medicines under the open sky. The population was facing tormenting situation and there was no relief and rehabilitation in the sight as the PML-N functionaries were busy in doing politics over other issues, he added.

Within three weeks, the PPP chairman drew twice the attention of both federal and provincial government towards the nerve-wrecking woes of citizens in Gilgit-Baltistan, FATA and parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa but the rulers kept mum over the issue.

Bilawal said that the PML-N governments in the center as well as in the G-B had become blind, ruthless and doing nothing for the relief and rehabilitation of the affected people. He asked the government to launch adequate and full-fledged relief and rehabilitation programme in G-B, otherwise the PPP would react severely to its ineffectiveness and inhuman approach towards the rain and flood victims.

The chairman stressed on PPP G-B chapter to go out itself and redouble their own efforts for relief operations, adding that the PPP won’t sit silently while their brothers and sisters were facing great sufferings and hardships.