KARACHI:
Foreign Minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday expressed serious reservation on the ongoing census, saying that his party backed the digital enumeration but opposed the way it was being carried out.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony of the seed subsidy programme for the growers at the Chief Minister House, Bilawal warned the Centre it would have to fulfil its promise to the flood-affected population, otherwise the PPP could come out of the government.
The PPP can support a scientific and real census, but will not support this methodology.
“We cannot support such a census,” Bilawal told the ceremony.
However, he added that the Centre “has no solution to our objections”.
He added that Sindh was the only province that had objections over the census.
“I will talk to the Centre about the census. If there are any irregularities, we will not accept them [results],” the PPP chief said.
“We raised objections against the 2017 census,” he continued.
“There was a big difference in the numbers of Sindh and other provinces. If the federal government did not see to the PPP’s objections this time, Sindh will not support it.”
The PPP chief also called on the Shehbaz Sharif-led federal government to fulfil its promises made to the people of Sindh during the floods.
He warned that if the promises to the flood victims were not fulfilled, it would be difficult for the PPP to continue working as ministers.