Khuhro welcomes newcomers to PPP, raps opponents

Welcoming newcomers to the party, Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) recently elected Sindh president, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, while addressing a press conference in Malir on Thursday, observed that it was due to the party’s ‘democratic politics’ that more and more members were joining its ranks.

The PPP welcomed former MPA Mahmood Alam Jamote - nephew of sitting MPA of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Haji Shafi Jamote - Jan Alam Jamote; chieftain of the Jokhio tribe, Sardar Karim, and 19 independent members of the district council of Karachi, and 13 union council members.

As the PPP attempts to reclaim its lost position in national politics through its reorganisation campaign, Khuhro believed that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s politics would win the party the upcoming 2018 general elections.

In an apparent reference to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), he said the people of Karachi with the PPP’s support would rid themselves of the clutches of those whose politics were deceptive and who sided with dictators.

“Those whose politics were prejudiced and biased were infuriated over the PPP’s successful rally held in the city on October 16,” boasted the senior parliamentarian leader.

It was the same political elements in power through a coalition government when the tragic incidents of May 12 and October 18 bombings occurred, he stated.

“We don’t set factories on fire, neither do we run our party on extortion money,” the PPP Sindh president observed while taking another jab at the politics of the party’s opponent in Karachi. It was ironic that the same political party had had once ruled the city was now being deserted by its loyalists, for misdeeds committed solely by the party, Khuhro stated.

Referring to the PPP’s opponent in the Punjab province, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the senior parliamentarian stated that PTI chief Imran Khan’s politics had always depended on directions of ‘outside’ elements, and on signals of the ‘Umpire’. 

While, on the other hand, the Pakistan Mulsim League-Nawaz’ (PML-N) prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, Khuhro said the elected PM ran the country exactly as a business enterprise.

He said the PPP’s politics would always be directed at safeguarding the interests of the masses and in doing so would keep a check on politics of rulers eager for a dictatorship.

He said the PPP would guard the motherland, and keeping in line with this the provincial government would ensure all parts of Sindh were equally developed.

Referring to military dictator General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s rule, he said it was the time of selective devolution of power.

Which sector got which power and how much were all things decided by Musharraf, he stated, adding, that he implemented a flawed plan of devolution under which he had allocated resources to his favourite areas in the province while the rest of rural Sindh were completely ignored.

He said, “Those who in the past campaigned for division and disintegration of Sindh, themselves got fragmented and weakened, while the PPP went on to gather mass support.” Advisor to CM on information Moula Bakhsh Chandio and PPP’s candidate for upcoming by-election in Malir NA-258 constituency Abdul Hakim Baloch were also present on the occasion.