Taliban being given money in KP: Bilawal Bhutto

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DADU: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that money is being given to the Taliban in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while Imran Khan made a statement on TV that we brought the Taliban there.

Talking to the media in Dadu, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that this flood was very historic in Pakistan and till today the flood victims are in trouble.

There is still water in some areas of Sindh and Balochistan. Where the water has receded, there is still destruction. Crisis has arisen in every sector including agriculture and homes, health infrastructure has been badly damaged in Sindh. Education has also been damaged in other areas. In Sindh, 50 per cent of educational institutions are destroyed, resources are less, it will take time to fulfill the mission of rehabilitation from floods.

In response to a question, the foreign minister said that money is being given to the Taliban in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He was released, I will not forgive the terrorists, nor will the nation forgive him.

Bilawal Bhutto criticized Imran Khan and said that one-third of the country sank but Imran Khan did not stop his ego and stubbornness, such a person is not qualified to represent the people.

He said that people like Shah Mehmood and Parvaiz Khattak did not come to confirm the resignations, what will come, I can give a list of people who are holding the Speaker’s feet.

Last month, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said the creation of Loss and Damage fund under Pakistan’s chairmanship at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), in Egypt, last month to support the climate disasters hit countries, was a significant achievement.

The foreign minister, referring to the establishment of the fund, said it was something that climate activists had been struggling for the last 30 years and he was proud that it was achieved under Pakistan’s chair of the G77.

In an interview with the Arab News, the foreign minister said he felt that they had managed to achieve some common ground through the language incorporated in loss and damage.  Obviously, the foreign minister said, there were different perspectives as the developing world felt that their carbon footprint was smaller, and they had not contributed as much as the developed world to this crisis.  The agenda, or the aspiration of the G77, is exactly that. We represent the aspirations of the developing world, Bilawal said.

He said the Loss and Damage fund was a demonstration of developing nations wielding collective strength when they had a common cause, adding “I think we were very successful in creating that consensus.”

The foreign minister said time and time again, the G77 had come together to take unanimous decisions, consensus decisions. Every meeting that he chaired had an outcome document, he added.  I tend to believe that there’s far more that unites us than divides us. And we should seek common ground, areas in which we can work together, rather than find areas where we disagree, the foreign minister opined.  We need to look at this, not just as the developed world needing to give compensation or reparations to the developing world, but as a more practical approach, a more realistic approach, that we have to work together, he added.