Taking a jibe at the ruling party for bulldozing the electoral bills in the joint sitting of Parliament, former president Asif Zardari said they [the PTI government] are using all their energy to sow the seeds of this legislation, but they will not benefit its fruits, and rather someone else will reap the benefits.
The PPP supremo spoke to journalists briefly at Parliament House, where he was attending the joint sitting during which the government managed to get 33 bills passed.
He was asked about the PTI government’s efforts for the passage of bills related to electronic voting machines and voting rights for overseas Pakistanis.
Questioned over the joint session being convened without taking the Opposition into confidence and whether the government succeeded in its plans, Zardari replied the government was getting success due to other reasons. “And you know the other reasons better,” he said.
“The government is using all its energy to sow the seeds of this legislation, but someone else will benefit from its fruits,” the former president added.
Top Opposition leaders, including Shehbaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto, had also lashed out at the government for not following the democratic principles and rushing through the legislation.