Four demands: Bilawal to assess implementation committee's progress

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto on Friday gave a deadline for knowing the progress of the committee formed to implement the party's four demands from the government.

Bilawal Bhutto said that the strategy for the anti-government campaign will be devised over the committee’s recommendations.

The committee’s first session will be held on Tuesday in Islamabad, which will be presided over by former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.

The committee will present its report over the progress regarding the party’s demands on Dec 27, in a Central Executive Committee session.

Bilawal called Panama Leaks case a litmus test against the government.

Earlier in a statement on social media, he said that an implementation committee will present its report over the four demands he made in the CEC on December 27. He said that if the government fails to accept his demands, the PPP will hold protests in the parliament and even take to the streets.

The PPP chairman during his address at Karsaz on October 17, made four demands from the government.

1.       Parliamentary committee on national security be formed

2.       PPP’s Panama bill should be passed

3.       Asif Zardari’s resolution on CPEC should be implemented

4.       A foreign minister should be appointed immediately