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Former foreign minister and PPP leader Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari defend Pakistan’s Nuclear program and highlighting the double standards of Western countries, he questioned what gives certain states the right to possess nuclear weapons.
Reportedly, former foreign minister and PPP leader Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari was invited to at the Oxford Union, a prestigious debating society to speak on key issues before students and academics.
During his talk, Bilawal Bhutto raised his concern over the recent United States sanctioned on Pakistan, ““concerned that Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme is sanctioned by the US and asked who defines the rules for a country’s defense capabilities”.
“I am struck by the hypocrisy… Is it that every Western or White country is allowed nuclear weapons and others aren’t? Pakistan’s is not an aggressive nuclear weapons programme”, he add.
He subtly criticized recent comments by US President Donald Trump, stating, “We don’t follow an expansionist agenda to seize the Panama Canal or invade Canada. Our [nuclear weapons] are solely for self-defense.”
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also talked about his mother and her contribution and sacrifices for democracy.
“My mother… came to Oxford at the age of 16 to study and then went to Pakistan at the age of 25 to participate in politics. She was an extraordinary woman, with whom people would establish a personal relationship”, he added.
“My mother did not teach me to take revenge, that is why I say that democracy is the best revenge.”
“What made male politicians ambitious made [women] greedy. What makes male politicians charismatic, made her loud. But she took all this in her stride,” he said.
“Despite the restrictions imposed on women, Benazir Bhutto paved the way for women to come forward in Pakistan, today the Chief Minister of Punjab is also a woman. Many attempts were made to target Benazir, but she continued to participate in politics without fear”, he further said.
He also said that the future of Pakistan is linked to the “supremacy of the people, an independent judiciary and journalism”.
“The people of Pakistan are right to demand a better future,” he said, adding that people deserve a better future that populists promise. “They certainly do not deserve another military coup.”
