Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari talked about a host of issues including climate justice, former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s possible arrest and the economic crisis on The Daily Show with Kal Penn.
When asked about political unrest owing to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s possible arrest, Bilawal said that the former Premier doesn’t believe the country’s laws apply to him.
“I would never want any politician in my country or any country to go to jail for political reasons. In Khan’s case, he’s under the threat of arrest because of his ego,” the Foreign Minister said. He slammed Imran Khan for the “complete mockery of the judicial system in Pakistan, of rule of law, of the Constitution in Pakistan”.
Kal Penn asked about tax reform and negotiations with the IMF, to which Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari agreed that the poor were burdened beyond their capacity. “There’s an outsized burden on the bottom of the pyramid,” he said, adding that the IMF should take that into consideration.
Speaking at length about the climate crisis, Bilawal admitted that he initially thought that switching to solar and wind power would be enough. “I was not the most hyper of climate activist’s,” Bilawal said, stating that his worldview changed overnight after the catastrophic floods of 2022. ” And now, yeah, go Greta,” he said, eliciting applause and laughter from the audience with the remark about Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.
