PPP celebrates LG polls victory
Foreign Minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari waves to supporters at a ceremony in Karachi on May 13, 2023. PHOTO: APP
The leaders of Pakistan Peoples Party have stated that the country is now dominated by the judicial establishment, while before, there used to be a military establishment. However, regardless of which establishment is in power, the struggle of PPP and party leaders for people’s rule will continue, they said.
Party’s top officials made these remarks during the celebration of their success in the local government elections.
The event was attended by Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, Senator Raza Rabbani, Senator Nisar Khuhro, Provincial Minister Saeed Ghani and others.
During the event, held under the Karachi division of the party, the chief minister began his speech with a slogan ‘Prime Minister Bilawal Bhutto’. He expressed that winning the local government seats indicates that the next celebration will be held at the PM House after Bilawal Bhutto takes over as prime minister.
Shah also stated that Karachi belonged to Bhutto in 1970, and there were conspiracies that led to the exit of the party from Karachi, taking the city to another direction.
He claimed, from Karachi to Khyber, PPP is the largest political party in the country. He urged people go to Islamabad once the party wins at the federal level.
He said that the mayor of Karachi will be a Jiyala and the chairmen of the district council in 23 towns will be from the PPP.
Rabbani recalled that Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto raised his voice against dictatorship from Karachi, and the movement against Zia-ul-Haq also began from the city. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari launched the Azadi March from Karachi against Imran Khan.
PPP Sindh President Senator Nisar Khuhro congratulated the people of Karachi and Hyderabad for their support in the local government elections.
He urged people to accept the success and not make fun of it, saying that they promise to work even harder than before.
He also emphasised that the time of terrorism in Karachi has passed, and a new era of prosperity and development will begin.
PPP Karachi Division President and Provincial Minister Saeed Ghani stated that he had been previously hopeful that whenever there were fair and transparent elections in Karachi, PPP won with overwhelming margin. He added that the mayor of Karachi will be named in the next one to two weeks.
He also expressed hope that PPP will win all the seats belonging to Karachi in the national and provincial assemblies, in the upcoming general elections.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 14th, 2023.