• Calls attack a violation of international law and a dangerous provocation
• It accuses Israel to repeat false statements about Iran’s nuclear weapons to manipulate US politics
Islamabad: The president of PPP, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, vociferantly condemned the attacks of the United States in the nuclear sites of Iran, noting that the Israeli government was forcing the American public to a war that people do not support.
“This is done through the same lie that was sold to the American public before the Iraq War in 2003. It has now been claimed that Iran is the one that has weapons of mass destruction,” he said as he spoke in the National Assembly.
The president of the PPP said that after decades of repeating the same lie, that Iran was just a few days of the development of nuclear weapons, an affirmation made by the Israeli prime minister in 1996, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2023, 2024 and 2025: the Israel regime finally has finally to Iran under the pretext of this falsification, which he suffered deeply.
Contenting the attack against Iran, he said that the strike violated international law. “Iran’s military leadership was not attacked not on the first line or on the battlefield, but while they slept in their homes, which resulted in the loss of not only their lives, but the loss of lives of other innocent civilians. Not only military personnel, but scientists, journalists and media institutions have been attacked.”
“Any attack against nuclear facilities is not just a potential attack against Iran; if there is any radiaton, it would have consequences for all neighboring countries in the region, including Pakistan,” he observed. He asked the Government to mobilize the Foreign Minister to form a group of homologues of related ideas that not only oppose the conflict but also represent countries whose people are at risk.
Citing a poem written in the context of World War II, President Bilawal said: “First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and they had not spoken because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and they had not spoken because I was not a Jew. Then they had spoken to me and I was not a syndicalist.
“Since October 2023, we have seen a genocidal expansionist war and that imposes apartheid that performs a war and a war in constant expansion that has the potential to drag us all to World War II. This time, they first came through the Palestinians, but we did not speak because they had not spoken because they were not Palestos. Then they came through the Lebanese, but we did not speak because we were not talking because we were not talking because we were not talking because we were not talking because we were not talking because we were not talking because we were not talking because we were not talking because we were not talking about.
“Then they came for the Yemenis, but we are not talking because we are not from Yemen. Now they have come for Iran. If we do not talk, no one will remain when they come for us,” said President Bilawal.
The aggression of the Israeli regime throughout the region must be arrested, we want to see the day we can all live in peace. We can only start working towards that peace if the Netanyahu regime stops from its illegal war with Iran, forced to fulfill the terms of its withdrawal and high the fire in Lebanon and put an end to its apartheid and genocide in Palestinian lands. As you continue bombing Iran, the world should not forget that this Israeli regime of Netanyahu is carrying out the forced maple of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, “he said.
The cheapest copy of Netanyahu
Investigating India, he said that in southern Asia, there was a cheaper copy of Netanyahu. “We can proudly say that this cheapest version was defeated military, diplomatically and in terms of narrative,” he said.
The former Foreign Minister said that when India violated the rights of the Kashmir in 2019, the then PM of Pakistan had expressed impotence. “This time, when Kashmiro was attacked, and Pakistan was attacked, we did not bow or succumb to fear; we fought against a war and won.”
Referring to the unilateral suspension of the Water Treaty (IWT) by India as water terrorism, he said that the treaty even today was binding for India and Pakistan. “If India decides to implement this threat, we would have to fight another war.”
Share for South Punjab
He said that the PPP had specific objectives that he expected to achieve in this budget, but they could not meet.
The former Foreign Minister said that during the consultations with the government, the PPP had wanted South Punjab to obtain his participation of 30 percent of the PSDP. “While this was not possible in the current round of negotiations, they assured us that the next budget would allow us to close this discrepancy,” he said.
In addition, he declared that another PPP objective was to ensure that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan receive federal funds, since they are the most vulnerable to terrorism.
Expressing its disappointment, he said that agriculture was the backbone of our economy, but government policies were affecting it.
“We were also forced not to establish a support price or a procurement of our farmers. Where should farmers go? At this point, we cannot justify the losses in which we have incurred as a result of our own policies in the Agricultural Front. As a result of these decisions, we have suffered damage by value of RS800 billion when it reaches the seat harvest.” He Said That the Total Wheat Loss for The Farmers of Sindh you have amounted to RS150bn, Including RS24bn for Larkana, RS26bn for Sukkur, RS30BN for Shaheed Benazirabad, RS22BN for Hyderabad, RS10BN for Mirpurkhas, RS12BN for Karachi, and RS4BN EACH FOR SAJAWAL AND THATTA.
Bhutto advised the PTI to reject opposition policy for the good of the opposition, talk to the government and make positive proposals so that people can feel a positive impact.
He said that a change in the strategy can not only benefit the PTI, but also the whole country.
Posted in Dawn, June 24, 2025
