Bilawal believes military alone cannot eliminate extremism

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Thursday that military solution is not essential for the elimination of extremism.

Talking to BBC in an interview, the PPP chairman maintained that reforms in education, syllabus, police and judiciary are needed to end extremism.

“I think that Pakistan is only focusing on military solution against extremism but we need a broad strategy. Surely, people who challenge the state and raise weapons against it, they should be dealt on a military forefront. But to tackle terrorism, we need an overall approach which not only focuses on terror activities but end extremism also,” said the PPP chairman.

Bilawal, while talking about the former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf asserted that he threatened his mother Benazir Bhutto and that there are witnesses of the event who can corroborate.

“Seven judges were changed in the assassination case of Benazir Bhutto. The case could have solved in two weeks but ten years have passed and we have yet not received justice. This is the mockery of justice,” he said.

He also questioned why Musharraf does not come back to face the accusations levelled against him in court.

Later in the day, Bilawal will visit Keti Bunder where he will inaugurate planting campaign in the area.

The campaign will set a new record to plant most trees in a single day. Sindh forest department will make the record by planting more than 10 lac trees.

It is pertinent to mention here that in 2013, Pakistan broke the record of India while planting 8,47,257 trees. Later in 2010, India managed to plant 6,11,000 plants in one day.