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Monday, February 25, 2008
Party given green signal to form government in province
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People's Party on Sunday (PPP) called for an immediate end to the military operation in Balochistan and demanded the release of all the political prisoners in the province.
In the parliamentary party of the PPP Balochistan chaired by Asif Ali Zardari here at Zardari House, the new members-elect pledged to work for provincial autonomy. PPP Co-chairman Asif Zardari gave a green signal to the parliamentary party of the province to go ahead with its efforts to form a government in the province with other like-minded parties.
Political situation, as well as options available in the post-election scenario with the party, was also discussed at the meeting. Besides, Balochistan PPP President Lashkar Raisani, Secretary General Bismillah Khan Kakar, senior leaders of the party Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani, Jahangir Bader, Raja Parvez Ashraf, Raza Rabbani and Sherry Rehman also attended the meeting.
According to sources, Nawab Aslam Raisani emerged as the parliamentary leader of the party in Balochistan. However, the final announcement in this regard would be made with the announcement of the parliamentary leaders at the Centre as well as provinces. The meeting was informed that despite seven seats in the provincial assembly, many independent members-elect as well as a forward group within the PML-Q was ready to support the PPP to form its government for the first time in the province.
The provincial leadership of the party also informed the meeting that other parties like BNP (Awami) and Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal were also in line to act as the coalition partners at the provincial level. The meeting also approved five resolutions.
In one of the resolutions, the PPP on behalf of the people of Pakistan apologised to the people of Balochistan for the atrocities and injustices committed against them and pledged to turn over a new chapter of mutual respect in the province. The resolution also demanded that the Army operation in Balochistan be stopped immediately; all political prisoners including Akhtar Mengal be released immediately, the Levies instead of the police force be deployed in the province.
In the resolution, the PPP pledged to work to give maximum provincial autonomy to the provinces in the framework of the 1973 Constitution. The meeting paid rich tributes to Benazir Bhutto for her courage and sacrifice in ushering in a democratic era in the country. The meeting reiterated the demand for a UN probe into her assassination. The participants also offered Fateha for the departed soul of Benazir Bhutto.
Earlier, in his welcome note, Asif Zardari said he had called meetings of the members-elect of all the provinces with a view to having broad-based consultations within the party. He said that Balochistan had suffered hugely in the past and the PPP would do all it could to heal the wounds of injustice in the past.
Zardari said that the party had set up its own Election Monitoring Cell and asked the participants to bring the cases of rigging and electoral manipulation to the notice of the Election Commission and use peaceful agitation through the Election Monitoring Cell and other legal forums. The participants highlighted the problems faced by the people of Balochistan and made suggestions to resolve them.
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