KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday urged Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to end its long march and agree to a written counterterrorism plan with the federal government.
Speaking at the inauguration of Treatment Plant-I, he proposed an agreement between the federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments. Political disputes should remain separate from their joint efforts against terrorism, he argued.
Bhutto Zardari said the federal government had considered imposing an emergency or governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. PPP had urged it to seek a political solution first.
He accused the provincial government of prioritising its political campaign over worsening security conditions. Referring to disruption in Islamabad, he argued that PTI’s protest had already achieved some success.
لائیو: ضلع کیماڑی کراچی میں ہارون آباد، گٹر باغیچہ کے مقام پر گریٹر کراچی سیوریج پلان کے سلسلے نکاسی آب کے پانی کو صاف کرنے والے ٹریٹمنٹ پلانٹ ون کے منصوبے کی افتتاحی تقریب https://t.co/Gg8GNpDiQZ
— Pakistan Peoples Party – PPP (@PPP_Org) October 3, 2026“In one sense, your protest has succeeded,” he said.
His appeal extended to cooperation between the government and opposition over terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
Separately, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi reaffirmed on Saturday that the march would start from Lakki Marwat on Sunday. He linked the protest to demands for constitutional supremacy and an independent judiciary.
Turning to Karachi’s water shortage, Bhutto Zardari accused the federal government of failing to provide Sindh’s due share of water and gas.
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He argued that Karachi was not receiving the additional water envisaged under the Water Accord. Residents also faced electricity and gas supply problems, he added.
Sindh produced natural gas and had the first constitutional claim to that resource, according to the PPP chairman.
Bhutto Zardari urged Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to accelerate the K-IV water project. He criticised the federal government’s handling of the proposed Hyderabad–Sukkur motorway.
