Islamabad (TDI): Former foreign minister and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, citing the world’s silence on Israeli attacks against Iran, has warned that “if we don’t speak out for Iranians, there will be no one left when they come for us.”
“If we stay silent today, who will speak for us tomorrow?” Bilawal asked, invoking a haunting historical parallel. “They came for the Palestinians, but no one spoke up. Then for the Lebanese, the Yemenis and again, silence. Now they’ve come for Iran. If we still do not raise our voices, there may be no one left when they come for us,” Bilawal said while speaking during a National Assembly session on Monday.
His remarks come amid intensifying conflict in the Middle East, marked by Israel’s recent strikes on Iranian targets and US air raids on Tehran’s nuclear facilities.
Bilawal described Israel’s widening military campaign as “genocidal” and warned that it could drag the entire region, and possibly the world, toward a third world war. “The aggression of the Israeli regime must be stopped, not just for Iran’s sake, but for all of us,” he said.
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The PPP chairman also reflected on Pakistan’s response to the recent military standoff with India. Bilawal said Pakistan had secured a narrative, diplomatic, and military victory in the conflict. “We didn’t just respond on the battlefield, we presented our case to the world and won hearts and minds,” he said.
He claimed that Pakistani delegations led by him visited the United States and Europe to rally diplomatic support and found their Indian counterparts scrambling to respond. “Everywhere we went, they followed, but they couldn’t undo the impact of our message,” he said.
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Bilawal accused India’s leadership of mimicking Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s policies, branding them a “cheap copy.” He emphasized growing international support for Kashmiris and claimed India had now retreated from its long-standing position that Kashmir was an internal matter.
Touching on another flashpoint, Bilawal denounced India’s threats to tamper with the Indus Waters Treaty, calling such actions illegal and a violation of the UN Charter. “If India blocks Pakistan’s water, that too will be treated as an act of war,” he warned.
Farkhund Yousafzai is an Associate Editor at The Diplomatic Insight.
