Islamabad: Pakistan People's Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday ruled out any dialogue with the Imran Khan Government adding that Pakistan Democratic Movement's (PDM) will enter the "second phase" of its anti-government campaign by addressing a rally in Lahore.
"The time for dialogue [with the government] has long passed. When they talk about reconciliation, they do it out of fear," he said, as quoted by Dawn.
"They are cowards who can't face the people. They must be getting intelligence reports about the number of people gearing up to march to Islamabad," he added.
The PPP chairperson, according to Dawn, said that the first phase of the 11-party opposition alliance -- the PDM -- was successful and would initiate the second phase in Lahore on December 13.
It also reported that The PPP chairman had paid a visit to Maryam at her Jati Umra residence to offer condolences over the demise of her grandmother.
Bilawal hit out at Prime Minister Imran Khan accusing him of threatening the Opposition and then demanded Khan must resign.
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"Prime Minister Imran Khan changes his stance every day. First, he threatened us [...] and now he's saying I am ready for dialogue and ready to do anything [...]. Let me tell him, that this is not how politics works," he said.
On the subject of the decision for opposition lawmakers to submit their resignations from the provincial and national assemblies, he said that the PPP would discuss the matter during the meeting of its Central Executive Committee, Dawn reported further.