Resignation from assemblies: PPP calls meeting of CEC on April 5

PPP chair Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has directed all CEC members to attend the meeting in person or through a video link

By Web Desk
April 02, 2021
PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari speaks to the media in Thatta, Pakistan. photo: File

KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has called a meeting of its Central Executive Committee (CEC) on Monday, April 5 to discuss the matter of mass resignation from the assemblies, as proposed by the Pakistan Democratic Movement. 

According to a PPP statement issued Friday, the meeting will be chaired by former president Asif Ali Zardari and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari at Bilawal House in Karachi.

The PPP chairman has directed all members of the PPP CEC to attend the meeting in person or through a video link.

As per details from sources, the senior PPP leadership will decide on resignations from assemblies in the meeting. 

The overall political situation in the country will also be reviewed in the meeting, after which the media will be briefed regarding the decisions taken by the CEC, read the statement.

Participants will also pay tribute to former prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto on his death anniversary.

On the other hand,  PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira said that the party is trying to keep the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) united and all matters will be discussed during the CEC meeting in detail.