Reliable protection of BILAVAL Bhutto-Zardari at the UN Headquarters of former prime minister Imran Khan’s trip to Russia on February 24 was a pleasant surprise for them. more accustomed to ruthless toxicity of Pakistani politics. young foreign minister – the youngest in Pakistan history, in fact – showed remarkable maturity by refusing to fall for a provocative question that he could easily use to discredit and disown the PTI government policy decisions. Instead, Mr. Bhutto-Zardari stood by decision taken by Mr. Khan and showed a united front despite knowing that there was tremendous pressure from the US and international community condemn invasion of Ukraine.
During news briefing at UN Headquarters in In New York, a journalist asked Mr. Bhutto-Zardari what he had to say about Mr. Khan’s trip to Moscow. on on the same day, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict broke out up and how in new government “correct mistakes” of his predecessors. Mr. Bhutto-Zardari said without hesitation: in the answer is that he will “absolutely protect former prime minister of Pakistan” and that Pakistan should not to be punished for what he called “innocent mistake”. The facton repeated a lot of Mr. Khan himself said the same about the circumstances of that visit: i.e. that the trip was made as part of foreign policy and that his planners had no prior indications that Russia would launch invasion on the same day. Not only that, Mr Bhutto-Zardari appeared to support former regime policy when he emphasized that Pakistan is not part of of no conflict, no wish be apart of any conflict and wanted to highlight the importance of dialogue and diplomacy as a solution to the conflict without any side. When he flew to the US at the invitation of US secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Mr Bhutto-Zardari has been mocked by supporters of Same prime minister he was so protective on Thursday. This is remains to make sure Mr. Bhutto-Zardari decision not air dirty laundry pakistan in public and to instead show solidarity with sworn rival will change any opinion about him in home. Be that as it may, Mr. Bhutto-Zardari has shown his potential to become national leader, just showing that he can act with greater maturity than many of his much older peers.
Published in Dawn, May 21, 2022
