Bilawal vows to honour promises made with Kashmiri people
Says Rathore-led govt in AJK will not operate behind closed doors: PPP chairman cites past political setbacks, vows to counter Indian policies
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari announced that the promises made to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) people would be fulfilled, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Tuesday.
Addressing the gathering at the oath-taking ceremony of newly elected AJK Prime Minister Faisal Mumtaz Rathore in Muzaffarabad, Bilawal said the formation of a PPP government in AJK and the swearing-in of its new prime minister marked a significant step forward.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto claimed that the party’s mandate in the Kashmir region had been stolen “not once, but twice” under a deliberate conspiracy.
Bilawal Bhutto said that previous political decisions had created a vacuum in Azad Kashmir, stressing that the PPP would not run the government “from behind closed doors”.
ہم بند کمروں میں آزاد کشمیر کی حکومت نہیں چلائیں گے، ہم انشاء ﷲ عوام کے ساتھ ملکر ان کی سیاسی جدوجہد میں ساتھ دے کر ان کے مسائل دور کریں گے۔
— PPP (@MediaCellPPP) November 18, 2025
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He also vowed to foil “every conspiracy” of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recalling Pakistan’s downing of seven Indian warplanes and asserting that after the May War between the two countries, Modi was now “hiding his face from the world.”
The PPP chairman attended the ceremony alongside his aunt, Faryal Talpur, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Kareem Kundi.
پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی اور کشمیر کی عوام کا رشتہ تین نسلوں پر مبنی رشتہ ہے، قائد عوام شہید ذوالفقار علی بھٹو نے پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کی بنیاد کشمیر کی وجہ سے رکھی۔ جب ایک آمر نے قائد عوام شہید ذوالفقار علی بھٹو کو شہید کیا تو کشمیر کی عوام نے مظفرآباد سے لیکر سری نگر تک احتجاج کیا… pic.twitter.com/fkU1bdICfR
— PPP (@MediaCellPPP) November 18, 2025