Qamar Zaman Kaira
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Qamar Zaman Kaira on Tuesday said that PPP has fulfilled its commitment with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Azadi March rejecting concerns of its chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman regarding participation of PPP in the third phase of anti-government movement.
Alluding to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) whose leaders abandoned the march initiated by Rehman, Kaira said, “Rehman’s concerns are not genuine and nobody can blame PPP if any other party has not done its part.”
The PPP leader prayed for early recovery of PML-N premier Nawaz Sharif and said that the National Assembly Opposition Leader Shahbaz Sharif should return back to Pakistan as other members of Sharif’s family in London could take care of the ailing premier.
Earlier, JUI-F termed the response of PPP and PML-N on Azadi March — initiated last year — ‘cold’. However, JUI-F Senator Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri welcomed the opposition parties to initiate discussion.
Haideri said that the PML-N would decide its position on the movement whether they want to join the protest for the benefit of the people or not.
Kaira claimed that PPP along with other parties had run movements in the past and that it would join opposition parties in the future if so required.
Criticising the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government, the PPP leader said, “So far the government has deteriorated the whole system therefore we hope it doesn’t complete its term. Besides, all opposition parties and people of Pakistan agree that the PTI should go home.”
The PPP leader said that the party would march against the government in March
Kaira has also rejected impression of replacing Punjab organisational hierarchy of the PPP. Stating the need of necessary changes in the setup, the former minister said, “The party chairman has created this setup for three years and the leadership holds a performance review after the expiry of the assigned period.”
Besides, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari arrived in Lahore on a four-day trip where he would hold meetings at his residence with party leaders, intellectuals, social media influencers and content writers.
Kaira added that the PPP chairman would hold meetings related to party organisation and preparation for the protest movement.
Bilawal would stay in Lahore till February 22.
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