Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto has urged the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to end its protests that erupted following Imran Khan’s arrest on Tuesday, advising the Khan’s party to “not make matters worse” for itself.
While addressing a press conference in Karachi on Thursday, he advised the PTI “not to make matters worse” terming the protests as “completely unjustified”.
“Their reaction is completely unjustified. It is violent and has created a situation in which serious conversations need to be had. But the only advice I can give to PTI is that what you have done is done, those who were involved will have to give answers,” he said.
“Now, don’t make matters worse [and] call for an end to violent protests and declare that you will abide by the rule of law and Constitution. Accept that you were will engage with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as citizens and not as terrorists,” he said while speaking at a press conference in Karachi.
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Bilawal also stressed that he was “principally opposed to the banning of any political party”, but in the same breath said that “such decisions are made in view of the circumstances”.
“If such a decision is taken,” he continued, “it would be taken because there would be no other choice left.”
