Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has welcomed the decision taken by the Supreme Court yesterday to ensure the general elections in the country on February 8, and has announced that Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will start his party’s election campaign on December 27 with a grand gathering on the eve of martyrdom anniversary of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto.
According to a press release issued by Media Cell Bilawal House, senior leaders of PPP, Senator Sherry Rehman, Shazia Atta Marri, Sharjeel Inam Memon, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, Mukesh Kumar Chawla and Surender Valasai said in a press conference that an important hybrid meeting of the party leaders was held today (Saturday) at Bilawal House Karachi which was presided by Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
Sherry Rehman told the press conference that the current political situation of the country was discussed in the meeting, adding that the meeting eulogised Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for creating pressure through his recent successful public contact campaign to hold general elections in the country on time. “Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will visit all four provinces during his election campaign and mobilize the people,” she added.
Shazia Atta Marri, PPP-P Information Secretary, said that PPP is still the only party in the country which has held a high-level meeting of its organization to review the situation after the release of the election schedule and to formulate its future action plan, which is a manifestation of its seriousness regarding the election. “PPP is a democratic party, believes in elections and is the only party in the country which is in election mode,” she added.
Ms Marri said that this is a message from Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to the people pf the country that they should choose PPP in the elections to be held on February 8 to get the country out of crisis. “This is the opportunity to spread the developmental works that have been undertaken in Sindh, to the entire country. People should use their vote correctly,” she added.
Sharjeel Inam Memon said that Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was the only leader, who has been constantly raising his voice to hold elections on time in the country. “Some parties were approaching the courts to postpone the election, while the behavior of some parties was clear that they were running away from the election,” he said, adding that Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is talking about uniting the whole country and every class instead of the politics of hatred and division.
Meanwhile, the hybrid meeting was attended by PPP Women Wing’s Central President Faryal Talpur, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Sherry Rehman, Shazia Marri, Faisal Karim Kundi, Nisar Ahmad Khuhro, Murad Ali Shah, Khursheed Ahmad Shah, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Nawab Sanaullah Zehri, Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood, Muhammad Ali Shah Bacha, Manzoor Wasan, Hasan Murtaza, Rozi Khan Kakar, Nasir Shah, Saghir Qureshi, Nadeem Afzal Chan, Sharjeel Inam Memon and Mukesh Chawla.
In the meeting, the general election schedule and campaign strategy, election manifesto and public contact campaign were discussed.
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