PESHAWAR: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) arranged functions across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) to mark the 36th death anniversary of its founding chairman Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Speaking at separate press conferences at the Peshawar Press Club, PPP leaders said Zulfikar Ali Bhutto pursued the politics of principles and upheld democratic values.
They said the former prime minister strived for the rights and welfare of the poor and brought the Muslim countries closer.
PPP likeminded group leaders, including former provincial minister Abdul Akbar Khan, and president of the dissident group of the party, Israrul Haq, People’s Students Federation leaders Waqar Khan and Misbahud Din said that ZAB strived to strengthen democracy.
However, the likeminded group accused the current PPP leadership of shunning the philosophy of ZAB and said PPP had now become the party of Zardaris.
Speaking at another press conference, People’s Doctors Forum Khyber Pakhtunkhwa president Dr Nisar Khan said that the former prime minister gave an ideology to the people to break the vicious circle of poverty.
Eulogising the struggle of the Bhutto family, he said they rendered unprecedented sacrifices for the cause of democracy.
NOWSHERA: PPP leaders, including Rahimdad Khan, Liaqat Shabab and others, paid glowing tributes to ZAB at a gathering to mark his death anniversary. PPP provincial secretary information and former provincial president Rahimdad Khan said that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had not only made the country an atomic power but also gave it a Constitution.
KHAR: Bajaur Agency chapter PPP arranged a function to observe 36th death anniversary of ZAB.
PARACHINAR: Like other parts of the country, the PPP Kurram Agency chapter also marked the 36th death anniversary of ZAB. PPP leaders including Sajid Turi, Master Moeen Ali, Nusrat Hussain and others said that Shaheed ZAB was aware of problems of Fata and
raised voice for them at all forums.
JAMRUD: PPP president Hazrat Ali and central vice-president Saiful Islam, Khyber Agency chapter, said that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was a sincere and honest leader and he never compromised on principles.
GHALLANAI: PPP Mohmand Agency president Dr Farooq Afzal said that execution of ZAB was a black chapter in the history of the country.
MARDAN: At least three workers, including the district general secretary of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), were injured at a meeting arranged in connection with the 36th death anniversary of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
The PPP Mardan chapter had arranged the meeting at the Mardan Press Club, but some issues cropped up that led district president Sajjad Khan and general secretary Aurangzeb Khan to scuffle with each other.
It was learnt that Sajjad Khan had removed Aurangzeb Khan and made Sher Afghan Khan, former MPA, the general secretary of PPP Mardan district. It infuriated Aurangzeb who quarreled with Sajjad Khan at the meeting.
Aurangzeb was seriously injured while two other party workers sustained minor injuries in the incident.
PPP divisional president Abdul Samad Khan, former provincial minister, and other senior leaders reached the Mardan Press Club to intervene and stop them from quarreling.
Sajjad and Aurangzeb left the meeting along with their supporters. The other party workers also dispersed due to the mismanagement. The function could not be held to the incident.