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The Pakistan Peoples’ Party celebrated its foundation day on Friday with traditional style and fanfare in the provincial metropolis, but the spirit that was the symbol of its workers looked diminishing as many jialas opted to protest against party’s economic policies.
The main function of foundation day activities was held at Aiwan-e-Iqbal where PPP central Punjab president Mian Manzoor Wattoo was the chief guest while PPP Lahore president Samina Khalid Ghurki presided over. Other speakers included senior leader Malik Mushtaq Awan, Punjab general secretary Tanvir Ashraf Kaira, Zikria Butt, Wajid Ali Shah, Zafar Masood Bhatti, Sajida Mir, Diwan Muhiuddin, Altaf Qureshi etc, who reaffirmed the pledge to ensure implementation of the constitution, supremacy of the parliament and strengthening of democratic institutions in the country in the light of the vision of Shaheed ZA Bhutto and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, after coming to power again. Azizur Rehman Chan, Ch Ghulam Abbas, Abid Hussain Siddiqi and other leaders were also present.
The hall was full to capacity with workers holding banners, flags and placards. The majority of workers kept displaying their enthusiasm by raising slogans for ZA Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto, interrupting speeches despite frequent requests from the stage to allow the proceedings to go smoothly. However, at the gate outside, a number of workers kept protesting against the PPP leadership and the government for fast increasing poverty and unemployment in the country which created hunger and diseases. They had tied up breads with their bare torsos and also held placards asking why leaders were killing the masses with hunger and poverty. They kept their protest throughout the function but they did not clash with other workers busy in praising the leadership inside.
Mian Manzoor Wattoo, while addressing, vowed to help the party win next elections and form government at the center and Punjab with the masses’ support. He announced that providing all facilities on the doorstep of the poor was PPP’s mission which would be ensured after the coming elections.
Referring to the Ashgar Khan case judgment by the Supreme Court, Wattoo said it proved the PPP’s mandate was stolen but assured the workers that the party would not allow it to happen again. He expressed sorrow that authorities concerned had failed to take action against those who stole PPP’s mandate. Wattoo announced that party tickets for coming elections would be given on merit and asked workers to identify difficult constituencies from where he would himself contest.
He said the PPP remained the most popular party of the country despite that military dictators and opportunists tried their best to eliminate it, adding that the party leadership had sacrificed their lives to keep it alive. He was all praise for President Asif Ali Zardari and said he was fighting a war to save democracy, the country and its borders. He said Zardari was the founder of the policy of reconciliation and he had strengthened the country instead of achieving personal interests.
He said President Zardari had entrusted him the responsibility to solve problems of party workers in Punjab on priority and he would go the doorstep of every worker in this regard since workers had been the real asset to the party. He directed the workers to make a promise with him to raise a party flag at their houses immediately.
Samina Khalid Ghurki said the increasing confidence of women in the PPP was the key to success in the coming elections. She said the PPP was the only party that let women an opportunity to work on all public offices, from the National Assembly speaker to other key offices in other sectors. She promised Wattoo to help him in the task of winning elections in Punjab given by President Zardari.
Tanvir Ashraf Kaira said the Punjab rulers had clearly understood that the situation was no more under their control now, adding that the PPP would remove all deprivations of southern Punjab people after coming to power.
The Pakistan Peoples’ Party celebrated its foundation day on Friday with traditional style and fanfare in the provincial metropolis, but the spirit that was the symbol of its workers looked diminishing as many jialas opted to protest against party’s economic policies.
The main function of foundation day activities was held at Aiwan-e-Iqbal where PPP central Punjab president Mian Manzoor Wattoo was the chief guest while PPP Lahore president Samina Khalid Ghurki presided over. Other speakers included senior leader Malik Mushtaq Awan, Punjab general secretary Tanvir Ashraf Kaira, Zikria Butt, Wajid Ali Shah, Zafar Masood Bhatti, Sajida Mir, Diwan Muhiuddin, Altaf Qureshi etc, who reaffirmed the pledge to ensure implementation of the constitution, supremacy of the parliament and strengthening of democratic institutions in the country in the light of the vision of Shaheed ZA Bhutto and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, after coming to power again. Azizur Rehman Chan, Ch Ghulam Abbas, Abid Hussain Siddiqi and other leaders were also present.
The hall was full to capacity with workers holding banners, flags and placards. The majority of workers kept displaying their enthusiasm by raising slogans for ZA Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto, interrupting speeches despite frequent requests from the stage to allow the proceedings to go smoothly. However, at the gate outside, a number of workers kept protesting against the PPP leadership and the government for fast increasing poverty and unemployment in the country which created hunger and diseases. They had tied up breads with their bare torsos and also held placards asking why leaders were killing the masses with hunger and poverty. They kept their protest throughout the function but they did not clash with other workers busy in praising the leadership inside.
Mian Manzoor Wattoo, while addressing, vowed to help the party win next elections and form government at the center and Punjab with the masses’ support. He announced that providing all facilities on the doorstep of the poor was PPP’s mission which would be ensured after the coming elections.
Referring to the Ashgar Khan case judgment by the Supreme Court, Wattoo said it proved the PPP’s mandate was stolen but assured the workers that the party would not allow it to happen again. He expressed sorrow that authorities concerned had failed to take action against those who stole PPP’s mandate. Wattoo announced that party tickets for coming elections would be given on merit and asked workers to identify difficult constituencies from where he would himself contest.
He said the PPP remained the most popular party of the country despite that military dictators and opportunists tried their best to eliminate it, adding that the party leadership had sacrificed their lives to keep it alive. He was all praise for President Asif Ali Zardari and said he was fighting a war to save democracy, the country and its borders. He said Zardari was the founder of the policy of reconciliation and he had strengthened the country instead of achieving personal interests.
He said President Zardari had entrusted him the responsibility to solve problems of party workers in Punjab on priority and he would go the doorstep of every worker in this regard since workers had been the real asset to the party. He directed the workers to make a promise with him to raise a party flag at their houses immediately.
Samina Khalid Ghurki said the increasing confidence of women in the PPP was the key to success in the coming elections. She said the PPP was the only party that let women an opportunity to work on all public offices, from the National Assembly speaker to other key offices in other sectors. She promised Wattoo to help him in the task of winning elections in Punjab given by President Zardari.
Tanvir Ashraf Kaira said the Punjab rulers had clearly understood that the situation was no more under their control now, adding that the PPP would remove all deprivations of southern Punjab people after coming to power.
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