Summary The forty-sixth Founding Day of Pakistan People’s Party was celebrated on Friday.
Addressing a function in Islamabad to mark the day‚ Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said Pakistan People’s Party gave entity to the down-trodden sections of the society and took legislative and administrative measures to empower them.
Enumerating achievements of the PPP government‚ he said when the incumbent government assumed power‚ Pakistan had to import food grains while Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan were faced with restiveness.
He said in the past‚ presidency was used for conspiracies against democracy but President Asif Ali Zardari is the first head of state that has relinquished his powers voluntarily and transferred them to parliament.
Minister for Capital Administration Nazar Muhammad Gondal said Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had given voice to vulnerable communities. He said PPP will continue its struggle to defend rights of down-trodden people.
PPP leader Beelum Hasnain said the PPP was founded for welfare of the people and prosperity and stability of the country.
Earlier‚ a cake was cut by information minister and others to mark the foundation day of the party.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Peoples Party Punjab organized a function in Lahore to mark the day.
Addressing the function‚ Minister for Kashmir Affairs Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo who is also president of PPP Punjab‚ said the party and Bhutto family have rendered matchless sacrifices for the survival of democracy.
He said Co-Chairman of the party‚ President Asif Ali Zardari who is the architect of politics of reconciliation‚ is fighting against undemocratic and anti-state elements to ensure security and stability of the country.
Wattoo assured that the PPP will take all possible measure for the betterment and socio-economic uplift of its workers.
Addressing founding day function in Faisalabad‚ opposition leader in Punjab Assembly Raja Riaz Ahmad said the PPP was incepted to ensure the rule of masses and to resolve their problems.
Such functions were also held in Jhang‚ Toba Tek Singh‚ Chiniot and other cities in the province.
In Sindh‚ speakers at a function in Larkana vowed to carry forward the mission of PPP s Founder Chairman Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Sindh Law Minister Ayaz Soomro said the party has a long history of struggling against dictatorial regimes.
Speaking at a function in Tando Jam‚ Provincial Minister for Fisheries Zahid Bhurgari said‚ the PPP government is utilizing all available resources to put the country on road to progress and prosperity.
In Balochistan‚ a function was held at Press Club Quetta to highlight the sacrifices of the founding leaders of PPP for the cause of the democracy.
Addressing the function‚ Provincial Minister Mir Sadiq Umrani who is also the Provincial President of the Pakistan People s Party said the party is striving for democracy‚ supremacy of the Parliament and for the rights of the oppressed people.
