After a decade: PPP names minority wing head
The party has three million registered minority voters in the Punjab, according to the notice.
LAHORE:
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Punjab chapter has appointed MPA Pervez Rafique as head of its minority wing, the first time in 10 years that it has filled the position. Rafique has served as an MPA for 10 years, winning a seat in the Punjab Assembly in 2002 and 2008. According to the notification of his appointment, Rafique is a committed party worker and will support the PPP’s minority candidates in the upcoming general elections. The party has three million registered minority voters in the Punjab, according to the notice. He has 24 years experience as a political and human rights activist and has organised numerous public programmes, cultural shows, sports events, conferences and seminars. He has also been chairman since July 2012 of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance Founder, “the leading representative body of religious minorities in Pakistan”, said the notice.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 25th, 2013.
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Punjab chapter has appointed MPA Pervez Rafique as head of its minority wing, the first time in 10 years that it has filled the position. Rafique has served as an MPA for 10 years, winning a seat in the Punjab Assembly in 2002 and 2008. According to the notification of his appointment, Rafique is a committed party worker and will support the PPP’s minority candidates in the upcoming general elections. The party has three million registered minority voters in the Punjab, according to the notice. He has 24 years experience as a political and human rights activist and has organised numerous public programmes, cultural shows, sports events, conferences and seminars. He has also been chairman since July 2012 of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance Founder, “the leading representative body of religious minorities in Pakistan”, said the notice.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 25th, 2013.