Faryal orders PPP unity in Lahore

Directs party leaders to contest all union councils

LAHORE:

PPP leader Faryal Talpur on Sunday directed the party's Lahore leadership and workers to resolve their internal differences and work together to strengthen the party's organisation in the city, once regarded as the PPP's bastion.

Addressing party leaders and workers at Punjab Governor House, she asked PPP Lahore President Faisal Mir to play an effective role in resolving internal disputes. "All leaders and workers should put aside personal differences and make joint efforts to strengthen the party," she added.

Talpur stressed the need for effective coordination with the party's subordinate organisations, including the Women's Wing, Peoples Students Federation, Peoples Youth Organisation and Labour Wing, saying all these bodies should be taken on board to make the party organised and active in Lahore.

She directed the party to field candidates in all union councils of Lahore in the upcoming local government (LG) elections. "There should be regular contacts with workers; they must be taken into confidence on party decisions, and their concerns must be addressed," she said.

Faryal Talpur's week-long visit to Punjab was marred by PPP workers' protest over the provincial leadership's alleged inaccessibility. During a meeting with Lahore Rural office-bearers on Friday, one party representative lashed out at the Central Punjab leadership.

On the same day, more than a dozen party supporters gathered outside the party secretariat to protest against Central Punjab General Secretary Hassan Murtaza.

Talpur subsequently asked Central Information Secretary Nadeem Afzal Chan to look into the matter. The protesters were assured that an impartial inquiry would be conducted, following which a three-member committee was constituted.