{"id":14974,"date":"2026-09-09T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=14974"},"modified":"2026-09-09T09:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:40:00","slug":"debate-on-provinces-should-take-place-in-national-assembly-not-business-forums-bilawal-bhutto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=14974","title":{"rendered":"Debate on Provinces Should Take Place in National Assembly, Not Business Forums: Bilawal Bhutto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LONDON:<\/strong>&nbsp;Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the issue of creating or reorganising provinces should be debated in the&nbsp;<strong>National Assembly rather than at business forums<\/strong>, stressing that democracy is the solution to Pakistan\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to the media in London, Bilawal said the PPP had a clear position on the issue of provinces. If the existing system had failed, he said, the matter should be properly debated in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bilawal said no single political party could resolve all of Pakistan\u2019s problems on its own, adding that&nbsp;<strong>democracy provides the solution to the country\u2019s challenges<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi had the right to express his opinion, but called for the issue to be brought before Parliament for a formal debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMohsin Naqvi has the right to give his opinion, but my demand is that this issue should be debated in the National Assembly,\u201d Bilawal said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also criticised Naqvi for what he described as his limited presence in Parliament, saying that instead of attending business forums, the interior minister should come to Parliament and participate in the debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bilawal reiterated that decisions concerning the country\u2019s administrative and constitutional structure should be discussed through the proper parliamentary and democratic process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON:&nbsp;Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the issue of creating or reorganising provinces should be debated in the&nbsp;National Assembly rather..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leading"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-09T143942.937.png",800,927,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-09T143942.937-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-09T143942.937-259x300.png",259,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-09T143942.937-768x890.png",768,890,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-09T143942.937.png",800,927,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-09T143942.937.png",800,927,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11111-2026-09-09T143942.937.png",800,927,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=4\" rel=\"category\">Leading<\/a>","tag_info":"Leading","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14976,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14974\/revisions\/14976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}