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09:49 May 15, 2026
PPP MNA and spokesperson Shazia Marri said on Friday that one instance of interaction between two people who had worked closely for several years “cannot be viewed in isolation”, after a video clip of PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari curtness with her went viral on social. The incident took place at a press conference after the PPP’s parliamentary party meeting at the Parliament House in Islamabad on Thursday. During the press briefing, a journalist asked Bilawal for his views on ministers in the federal government suggesting that education, health and other subjects, particularly the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) be given back to the Centre under a proposed 28th constitutional amendment. Several subjects, including education and health, were devolved to the provinces under the 18th Constitutional Amendment in 2010. Bilawal began his reply by stating that he was not aware which federal minister the journalist was referring to. At that point, Marri, who was also present at the press conference,...