In budget sessio­n, Sindh’s lawmak­ers quibbl­e over who has the right to repres­ent the Bhutto clanKARACHI: On the fifth day of the budget session that has seen a week of mud-slinging and crass discourse from the province’s elected representatives, one major source of contention was, “Who is the real Bhutto?”Tahira Dua Bhutto, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPA from Larkana, claimed in her budget speech that she was the “real Bhutto representing the Bhutto clan in Sindh”, casting doubt over the Pakistan Peoples Party chairperson’s middle name. Bilawal Bhutto steals the showThe treasury members, who were until this point, patiently listening to the budget speeches, grew incensed at the remarks. “Janab speaker, in the name of Bhutto, they have looted and plundered the resources. When it was his turn to speak, PPP MPA Mumtaz Jakhrani in an emotionally-charged speech, said, “The PTI MPA is calling herself Bhutto which is not true. I can assure this House that the Bhutto surname is not even mentioned on her identity card and other certificates,” he said.

Source: The Express Tribune September 29, 2018 04:29 UTC