Winning hearts: British MP pays respects at Garhi Khuda Bux

George Galloway says Benazir always worked to help the country’s poor.

SUKKUR: After winning the hearts of people all over the country by delivering an impassioned criticism of the War on Terror at the conclusion of the fourth Karachi Literary Festival on Sunday, British lawmaker George Galloway cemented his love among diehard Pakistan Peoples Party supporters on Monday as he paid his respects at Garhi Khuda Bux.

After laying floral wreaths at the graves of former prime ministers Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto, Galloway said that Benazir had worked for the welfare of the poor people of the country. Provincial ministers Agha Siraj Durrani and Ayaz Soomro welcomed Galloway at Moen Jo Daro airport, and escorted him to Garhi Khuda Bux.

The British politician later visited the president camp office in Naudero, and said that it was a “good sign” for Pakistan that a democratic government was about to complete its five-year term. He added that if President Asif Ali Zardari was re-elected to his post, then it would bring more prosperity for the people of Pakistan.



Speaking about Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Galloway said that the PPP chairperson has “learnt a lot from his mother and father, and he would be very beneficial for the people of Pakistan”. The British legislator added that he had spoken a lot on the Kashmir and Palestine issues, and was busy working for the development of Islamic countries.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 19^th, 2013.