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Bilawal says Senate Chairman Sanjrani should himself resign now

Dunya News

Bilawal said that if Speaker put restrictions on democratic people then anarchy will spread.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday advised Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani to hand over his resignation himself now.

While addressing to a press conference, he expressed that running Parliament isn’t same as a cricket match as the House is getting attacked from the inside. He said that to cancel the sessions of Standing Committee is an attack on the Parliament.

Bilawal went on to say that Speaker can’t put such restrictions on them and if they force the democratic people then anarchy will spread.

PPP Chairman asserted that they want to elect a new Senate Chairman after reaching a consensus with the opposition. “If a joint candidate gets elected then it will be a win for us,” he added.

He further said that they brought Sanjrani with consensus but situations are different now. “Now someone else has the opposition and the government”, he continued. “He, himself, should give in his resignation”.

Scion of the Bhutto political dynasty expressed that economic situation of Pakistan is just getting worse every passing day. “We even offered to cooperate on the economic situation but it was not considered,” he maintained. He added that the public-enemy budget was approved due to rigging in the House.

While talking about the alleged video of AC Judge, he said that High Court should look into the matter and decide if the verdict was whether given under pressure.