PPP rally to gauge ‘its popularity in Lyari’

Karachi
The public gathering of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in Lyari today will ascertain and establish its popularity among the people of Karachi.
This was stated by PPP’s provincial information secretary and chief minister’s coordinator Waqar Mehdi on Saturday.
He said the public meeting will not only be a power show of the PPP but will also reflect undeterred love of masses, especially the people of Lyari, for the party.
Mehdi said Lyariites will prove today that they are the successors of the legacy of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto and will be the arms of Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.
He said since the Kakri ground had comparatively limited space to accommodate millions of PPP workers, all lanes, streets and parks of Lyari will also be occupied.
Meanwhile, the secretary-general of PPP’ Karachi division, Syed Najmi Alam, said the rally will be a befitting response to the forces who had dreamt of limiting the party just to a district.

IGP reviews security plan
The security arrangements for the public gathering of Pakistan People’s Party scheduled to be held today at the Kakri ground in Lyari were reviewed by the Sindh IGP Ghulam Hyder Jamali.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah his cabinet members MNAs MPAs and other political and social personalities are expected to attend the public gathering.
The IG Sindh presiding over the meeting at Central Police Office here on Saturday directed that besides police deployment inside and around the venue police personnel should also be deployed at mainroutes leading to Kakri Ground.
He called for the deployment of police commandos in designated localities and directed the officials to have the venue swept and cleared by the bomb disposal squads.
The IGP also issued instructions about traffic arrangements and said parking of vehicles should be some distance away from the venue.
The IGP also asked the DIG traffic to ensure smooth vehicular flow during the rally by designating alternate routes for traffic and making special arrangements for deployment of traffic wardens.
The meeting was attended by Additional IG Karachi Ghulam Qadir Thebo, Additional IG Crime, zonal DIGs, officials of the CIA and district SSPs.