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Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that he is the son of Karachi and if the people give him a chance on February 8, he will change the landscape of the metropolis through public service and development.

He urged the Karachiites to reject those elements selling mixture of hatred and division, who forget Karachi every time they become part of the federal government by bargaining on the rights of the city.

According to the  press release issued by Media Cell Bilawal House, the PPP chairman is leading a grand rally in ‘Quaid’s City’ in connection with his nationwide election campaign, which started from Bilawal House Chowrangi Karachi. The rally passed through Shirin Jinnah Colony, Tara Chand Road, Kemari, Machhi Miani and Khara Dar and reached Chakiwara Lyari, from where it will reach Malir via different parts of the city, while its final destination will be Dawood Chowrangi. 

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, while addressing different places, said that he has campaigned in every area of the four provinces, but Karachi is different in this regard. “Karachi is my own city. Not only was I born here, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was also born in the same city of Karachi. When I say that I want to serve Karachi, (and) play my role in the development of Karachi, then (that means) I want to take care of my own home,” he added.

Chairman Pakistan People’s Party thanked Karachiites for their support to his party in the recent local body elections, saying: “I am thankful to the people of Karachi for trusting me and not only winning from Kemari, but also from the entire city and electing a Jiyala mayor for the first time in history.” He further said that even on February 8, the people of Karachi should trust him and make the PPP candidates successful. “This will be the first time in history, not only will the local government system be in my hands, Insha Allah the provincial government will also be in my hands, and if you are with me, the federal government will also be in my hands,” he told the charged crowd. 

He said that if the people vote for the PPP candidates contesting on 20 seats of Karachi, then he will transform the city through dedicated public service and development in the next five years. “Other parties are contesting elections for their own interests, I am contesting elections for the rights of the people,” he pointed out.

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the people should also compare the other parties which are contesting against the PPP in the general elections. “These parties are doing politics of hatred and division, selling some Churan (mixture) or the other,” he said, adding that someone is trying to divide Karachi on the basis of religion, some language and some communalism. “On February 8, you (people) should stamp the Arrow (symbol on ballot paper) and answer these forces that this is the Karachi of all of us. We will not allow anyone to try to divide on the basis of hatred. This city has made many sacrifices because of the politics of violence, they are part of history,” he added.

The PPP chairman said that in the February 8 general elections, the real contest is between only two parties, saying: “One is the party with the Tiger symbol and the other is your city’s party with the Teer.” He urged the people to reject those indulging in politics of hatred and division as well as not to support independent candidates, as the move would amount to wasting their votes. “Karachi Walo (People of Karachi)! Give me a chance this time, you give your brother a chance. I will not disappoint you. I want to undertake (development) work in Karachi’s every nook and corner. If you want to solve the problems facing the metropolis, then once you have to support the PPP,” he urged. 

He said that Karachi’s votes were robbed in the past, but now people will not allow anyone to steal their mandate.   

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari once again appealed to the public to come up with full support for the PPP candidates in February 8 polls. He also took an oath from his party candidates that they would serve the people without any discrimination after winning the election.

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has pointed out that the nation is well aware of the reality and past of rival parties contesting against the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in the February 8 general elections. He added that voters will reject those engaged in politics of hatred, division, revenge, and violence, including those who clapped on slogans against Pakistan.

According to a press release issued by Media Cell Bilawal House, the PPP chairman reached Hyderabad, the historic and second-largest city of Sindh, as part of his nationwide election campaign, where thousands of people were present to listen to his speech. He thanked the people of Hyderabad for extending full support to his party in the local body election, saying: “I am thankful to the people of Hyderabad; you trusted me and paved the way for a Jiyala to become the Mayor of this city.”

He said the people of Hyderabad have seen the politics of hatred, division and violence for a long time, and due to it, they have suffered and sacrificed, but they have never backed down. “You have never bowed down before a dictator, a tyrant, a Yazid, I salute you,” he added.

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that whoever is contesting against the PPP in the recent elections, the people are well aware of their reality and past, and added: “You saw in the nineties, what did they do to this city? You are aware of their politics of hatred and division.” He said the PPP wanted to eliminate such politics from the country and serve the people without any discrimination. “We want to bury the politics of hatred, division and violence, we want to fight the real problems of the people, which is unemployment, poverty, and inflation,” he pointed out.

The PPP chairman said that while one party in Hyderabad wants to do politics of hatred and division, there is another party in the federation which is doing politics of hatred and division in this country. They have turned politics into personal enmity and only want political revenge. “They don’t care about the damage done to the country, the federation, democracy and the economy as a result of this kind of politics, but they are worried, only to sit in the chair for the fourth time.” 

Addressing the people of Hyderabad, Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that I have come up with my 10-point election manifesto, which is my promise to the people. “Insha Allah, if you make me your Prime Minister, if I take over the federal government, I will implement these ten points,” he vowed. He reiterated that he would double the income of the people by becoming the Prime Minister of the country, build three million houses for homeless families and give their ownership rights to the women of these houses; and provide 300 units of solar power free of cost to the poor; To provide financial assistance to the youth, Benazir Kisan Card, Benazir Labor Card and Benazir Youth Card will be issued, at least one university will be established in each district; ensure provision of quality and free treatment facilities; and launch hunger eradication programs. 

Highlighting the resources required to implement his election manifesto, he said he would close down the 17 ministries at the Centre, which were to be transferred to the provinces after the 18th constitutional amendment, and a huge amount of Rs 300 billion was being spent on them annually, and continued: “I will spend these 300 billion rupees on the welfare of the people.” He furthered that 1500 billion rupees are given to the elite every year in the name of subsidies, and he will also stop this trend. “I will also take away this subsidy from the elite and put it in the pockets of the women, youth, labourers and farmers of this country,” he announced.

The PPP chairman said that the contest in the election is now between the PPP and the PML-N. He appealed to the people “to foil the conspiracy to make someone prime minister for the fourth time” by stamping on the Arrow symbol on the ballot paper on February 8. He added: “If you are asked to stamp on the Kite,, you should answer them that we do not vote for those who clap on anti-Pakistan slogans and take money from RAW to do politics in Pakistan.” In his appeal to the people, he further said that they should not waste their votes by voting for those who do politics on the basis of religion and independent candidates. 

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari took oath from the PPP candidates of Hyderabad district that they will serve the people without any discrimination after winning the elections. He also appealed to the people to make PPP candidates victorious in all the seats of Hyderabad by stamping on the Arrow on February 8.

Former President of Pakistan and President of Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians Asif Ali Zardari has said that the people Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) want justice from the international community under the domain of the United Nations.

In his message on Kashmir Solidarity Day, he said that Occupied Kashmir has become largest prison in the world today, where violation of human rights has become a daily routine.

Asif Ali Zardari said that Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto participated in the United Nations meeting as the Prime Minister along with the political leadership of IIOJK. Now the Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has exposed Modi’s brutalities in Occupied Kashmir at the international level.

Asif Ali Zardari said that the freedom of IIOJK from the Indian yoke will establish lasting peace in the region.

The former President said that international human rights organizations should raise their voices against the atrocities in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. 

He said that freedom of Kashmiri people is their fundamental and democratic right and the PPP Party will continue to extend political and moral support to the democratic struggle of Kashmiri people for their right of self-determination.

Talagang/Islamabad, 4 February 2024: Former President of Pakistan and President Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians, Asif Ali Zardari addressing the Jiyalas in Talagang said that he is among his own people. “My sons from Chakwal invited me, and I had to answer their call”, President Zardari said. He further said that he has made the commitment to serve the people of Talagang. The PPP government initiated the revolutionary, internationally acclaimed Benazir Income Support Programme and doubled the salaries of the government employees. The inflation currently faced by the people is high to the extent that even four times their salary is not sufficient to compensate it. These rulers do not want to give the due prices of your crops, President Zardari said. 

President Zardari said that others do not wish for the people of Pakistan to make money. We will provide the growers due price of their crops. We will compensate the people of this area who require several facilities by providing gas connections and infrastructure among numerous other amenities once a PPP government is formed, President Zardari expressed.

Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, has appealed to the nation to vote for his “Nai Soch” in the February 8 general elections pledging that after winning the elections, he will bury the politics of hatred and division in the country forever, which harms the nation, federation, and economy.

He also criticized the PML-N’s limited focus on specific areas within one province, stating that Nawaz Sharif is not campaigning in Sindh because of he didn’t make any contributions to the province’s development.

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari announced that the incoming PPP government would gift a train service by laying a track from Karachi to Tharparkar, aiming at to provide quality and low-cost travel facilities to the people of the desert district.

According to a press release issued by the Media Cell Bilawal House, the PPP chairman visited Chhachhro town in Tharparkar district on Saturday as part of his nationwide election campaign. He addressed a huge public meeting, expressing gratitude for the full participation of the people and stating that the people of Chhachhro and Tharparkar have already given their verdict before February 8. He emphasized that the relationship between the PPP and the people is not just political but filled with love, and vowed to be together for the rest of their lives.

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari pointed out that an individual seeking a fourth term as prime minister, is also making false statements about the Thar-coal project. He asked the people of Chhachhro, “Who made the Thar coal project?” to which the public replied, “Benazir, Benazir….” He explained that the Thar coal project was planned to benefit the people of Tharparkar economically.

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari assured the people that he would not allow the Karonjhar Mountain in the district to be damaged by the elite, stating, “I will cut off the hands that move towards Karonjhar. Here, if anyone has the right to do business, it is the locals first.”

He emphasized that he is the only politician seeking votes from the people, while others are “looking at left and right”. He urged the public to come out in large numbers on February 8, saying that no power in the world can stop him if they do so.

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari criticized opponents aiming for a puppet government in Karachi to exploit the rights of people in Sindh. He pointed out that those contesting elections with the Star symbol in Sindh are facilitating those with the Tiger symbol, serving Lahore and Raiwind only.

He identified inflation, poverty, and unemployment as the three biggest problems and presented the PPP’s election manifesto, the “People’s Economic Agreement.” He mentioned that the manifesto has been translated into Sindhi, Saraiki, Balochi, Pashto, English, and Urdu. He pledged to double the income of the people, provide 300 units of free solar power, build three million house units with ownership rights for women, increase the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), and offer interest-free loans to women for business. He also announced the launch of Benazir Kisan Card, Benazir Mazdoor Card, and Benazir Youth Card programs to assist farmers, laborers, and youth. Additionally, he promised to establish at least one university in each district and improve the public health system with free treatment facilities, similar to NICVD, SIUT, and Gambat Medical Institute. He concluded by announcing the “Bhook Mittao Program” to provide at least one meal to primary school children.

The PPP chairman emphasized that his party believes in serving the people without discrimination. He appealed to the people of Tharparkar to support PPP candidates Dr. Mahesh Malani, Faqir Sher Muhammad Bilalani, Arbab Lutfullah, Amir Ali Shah Jilani, Dost Muhammad Rahmoon anf Qasim Siraj Soomro on February 8 and took an oath from these candidates to serve the people without discrimination after winning the elections.

Chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the burden of the battle for the “Takht-e-Lahore” is being borne by the people in the form of inflation, unemployment, and poverty. He added that other parties want to divide the populace on the basis of religion, language, and sectarianism, while, “I want to serve the nation without discrimination.”

According to the press release issued by Media Cell Bilawal House, the PPP chairman reached Shikarpur from Naudero on Friday in connection with his nationwide election campaign, where a charged crowd of people welcomed him and listened his speech. In his address, he said that if there is any party that can solve the problems of the people, it is only his party, the PPP. “I have prepared a People’s Economic Agreement, which is my 10-point agenda. I will fight unemployment, inflation, and poverty by becoming your Prime Minister. These are ‘the real problems of the people of Pakistan.’ The people of Pakistan want a government that can reduce inflation, which can provide employment to the youth. You know that the PPP has been fighting the problems of unemployment and poverty faced by the people for three generations, not from today,” he added. He recalled that when Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was alive, it used to be a popular slogan among the people that “Benazir Aaey Gi, Rozgar Laey Gi (Benazir will come, bring employment).” “The next government will be of the PPP, and I will complete the unfinished mission of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, and provide employment for the youth,” he vowed.

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that after the 2018 elections, whether he was in the opposition or in the government, he represented the people’s voice. He said that we faced many difficulties in the form of the Covid-19 pandemic and floods. “When I came here (Shikarpur) during the floods, the victims, especially the women, demanded that their houses be built. Despite a few months left for the government’s term to end, I traveled around the world and raised funds to build houses for flood victims. We are building two million houses for the flood victims, and I will fulfill that promise. I will give the ownership rights of these houses to the women of these houses,” he added.

The PPP chairman said that except his party, all other parties are doing politics of hatred and division. “Old politicians have turned dissent into personal enmity. It is harming Pakistan; Pakistan’s economy is suffering,” he said, adding that the same forces want to sow the seeds of politics of hatred and division in Sindh as well. He said the PPP does not believe in the politics of hatred, division, and revenge. “If you support me on February 8, I will bury the politics of hatred and division by becoming your prime minister,” he pledged.

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari appealed to the people to make his party’s candidates successful by stamping the Arrow symbol on February 8. He appealed to the participants to make Agha Siraj Durrani, Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh, Shehryar Mahar, Arif Khan Mahar, Mehboob Ali Khan Bijarani, and Mir Shabbir Bijarani successful in the elections, due next week. “I want 100 per cent seats from Shikarpur, yes 100 percent. If you give me a thumping majority, it will be easier for me to solve your problems. I’m sure you won’t disappoint me,” he concluded.

President Human Rights Cell of the PPP former senator Farhatullah Babar has welcomed the SC agreeing to hear the intra court appeal challenging the court’s June 2023 decision in Afiya  Sheherbano case as “a step forward, albeit a small one, in ensuring accountability of judges”

The Afiya Sheherbano case was based on a reference filed in 2018 by civil society activists concerned about judicial accountability against the then chief justice while still in office. The reference however was not heard by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) as long as the CJ held the office. After his retirement the reference was quietly shelved and declared infructuous.  

Subsequently the appeal against the SJC decision was also rejected by a 2 member bench of the SC comprising of Justice Munib Akhtar and now retired Justice Ijazul  Ahsan in June 2023 who held that the judges who retire or resign do not fall within the ambit of Article 209 aimed at accountability of judges.

The two-member verdict however was challenged recently by the Attorney General to pursue a reference filed against another judge justice Mazahir Ali Akbar Naqvi in the SJC even after his resignation

Farhatullah Babar said that the civil society petitioners had raised fundamental questions about accountability of judges, an answer to which will ensure accountability of all. For instance it asked whether the SJC sitting over a reference fled before it till the judge in question retired and then declaring it as infructuous did not make Article 209 of the Constitution that determines misconduct of judges, as redundant making the accountability of judges impossible. They also asked whether the accountability body of judges is not required to decide each and every matter that is filed before it. They also raised questions about the denial of right to information as the Council gave them no information for two months until the petitioners themselves asked about the fate of the Reference.

Welcoming the SC agreeing to hear the intra court appeal he said that ensuring the accountability of judges will also strengthen voice demanding accountability of the security establishment which too has refused any attempt to hold it accountable.

The petitioners in Afiya Sheherbano case also include late journalist M Ziauddin, late Rubina Saigol, senator AfrasiabKhattak, Farhatullah Babar, Bushra Gohar, Nighat Said Khan and Farida Shaheed and many more civil society activists

Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that only his party can face the external challenges along with solving the internal problems of the country. 

He pointed out that President Asif Ali Zardari had pioneered the development of Balochistan province in the form of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), but Nawaz Sharif changed the direction of the Corridor as soon as he became the Prime Minister for the third time and prevented the country’s most backward province from moving towards a new destination of prosperity. 

According to the press release issued by Media Cell Bilawal House, the PPP chairman, while addressing a mammoth public meeting here on Thursday in connection with the election campaign, said that those forces are targeting his party, who do not want it to form the government in Balochistan and the federation, because they know that if Bilawal Bhutto Zardari becomes the Prime Minister and a Jiyala becomes a Chief Minister in Balochistan,  all their conspiracies will fail. “They know that Baloch blood runs in my veins, they know that the way I feel the pain of Balochistan, no other politician does. They know that I am the son of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and I understand the pain of the martyrs of Balochistan, and I am aware of the problems of Balochistan. They know that I will not only fight the terrorists, but at the same time solve the problem of missing persons,” he added.

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that his party does politics without discrimination, and it is neither afraid of anyone nor bows down to anyone. “We stand on our feet and fight every force, and do not bargain on the rights of the people,” he added. He pointed out that if the 18th Amendment, NFC Award and The Aghaz-e-Huaqook-e-Balochistan Programme, inititiated by the President Asif Ali Zardari, had been fully implemented, all conspiracies being hatched in and around Balochistan would have ended. He said that the real problems of the people of Balochistan are unemployment, poverty and inflation.  

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said the PPP was the only party which would not only fight the real problems of the people but also win over them, adding that is why once again PPP is the target of terrorists. “There have been frequent attacks on PPP ticket holders in the last few days,” he said, adding that one attack was carried out in Mastung, two in Turbat, one on Asghar Rind and the other on Zahoor Buledi, while in addition attacks were made in Bolan. “Our party’s former provincial president Ali Madad Jatak was attacked in Quetta, and Agha Shakil Durrani was attacked in Khuzdar. They (terrorists) thought that I and the PPP would be scared, but this is their mistake,” he said. 

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that like other provinces of the country, there will be “rain of Arrows” in Balochistan on February 8. “I want to tell the women of Balochistan that my mother is no more in this world, but I promise that I will serve you the same way a son does his mother. I want to tell the youth that I am also young like you and will represent you. Our relationship with you is not of one election, but of three generations. If I reach parliament as your voice, the people of Balochistan know that their representative is sitting there. If I become the Prime Minister, the people of Balochistan will know that their representative, their brother and son is sitting in the Prime Minister’s House,” he added.

Talking about the challenges facing the country, the PPP chairman said that the people are bearing the burden of the deteriorating economic situation of the country, the issue of rising terrorism, uncontrolled inflation, unemployment and poverty only because of the politicians of Lahore. “I am doing politics with a new thinking. Our 10-point manifesto is my agreement with the people,” he said, adding that he would abolish 17 ministries of the Center and transfer Rs300 billion spent annually on these departments to the welfare projects of the people. He reiterated that he would also stop giving Rs1,500 billion every year to the elite under the guise of subsidy and would also invest such huge amount for public development, and assured the nation that he would double the salaries if he becomes the Prime Minister of the country, increase the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) and provide interest-free loans to women for business, build 3 million houses for poor families, provide 300 units of solar power free of cost, Benazir Kisan Card, Benazir Mazdoor Card and Benazir Youth Card for financial assistance to farmers, laborers and youth will be launched, and hunger eradication programs will be started at the union council level. 

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari appealed to the people of Balochistan to maintain their distance from the politics of terrorism, and added: “Don’t allow anyone else to do injustice to our children and women. Quaid-e-Azam had created this country and established Pakistan without firing a single bullet.” He vowed that he would solve the issue of missing persons and continued: “I will explain to them that the federation cannot run like this. I am sad that the way the caretaker government engaged the protesters in Islamabad was undemocratic.” He said that not all problems can be solved at gunpoint. He said that some forces conspire so that the people of Pakistan fight among themselves. 

He warned that just as conspiracies are taking place inside the country, conspiracies are also being hatched abroad, adding that we will engage all our neighbouring countries, and it is at the discretion of the people to do business with those countries.

Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing a mammoth public gathering in Dera Ismail Khan expressed his gratitude to the Jiyalas for coming out in such a large number to support the Party. The people of D.I. Khan have supported the Party through thick and thin. The relationship between the Party and Dera Ismail Khan dates back three generations. Quaid-e-Awan Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto contested the elections from D.I Khan and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto too frequented the region.  

Chairman Bilawal said that there were concerns regarding D.I. Khan being too cold. However, the weather seems pleasant enough. What would become of those who were using the weather as an excuse? The determination and zeal of the Jiyalas of D.I. Khan has made it apparent that it will rain arrows on election day. Chairman PPP said that the Party too is told not to reach out to the people due to security threats. Terrorism is raising its head once again, but we cannot leave the soldiers of Shaheed Quaid-e-Awam and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. The Jiyalas of PPP are courageous, honourable, loyal and brave. 

Chairman Bilawal said that the country is in peril once again, and the traditional politicians do not have the capability to combat the plethora of challenges. Those from Raiwind or elsewhere do not have any inkling about the problems faced by the common people. There has been an unprecedented increase in poverty, inflation and unemployment. When the country’s farmers, labourers, students, youth and the downtrodden are in pain, the PPP cannot leave them alone. The same terrorists that were combatted by the Jiyalas of the Party, against who Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto rendered the greatest sacrifice, are raising their heads once again. Moreover, D.I. Khan is still facing the devastating impacts of the catastrophic floods that have left people without shelter. Had it been any other country, the politicians would have joined forces to combat the challenges together. Currently, there is only one political party that is representing the common man and the downtrodden masses of the country, which is the PPP. It has been doing so since three generations. PPP has been tackling poverty, hunger and unemployment since three generations. The rest of the political parties protect the interests of the elite and benefit them. They think that the economy can benefit from making the rich richer. However, it is Quaid-e-Awam who taught us that progress can only occur when the common man is empowered. 

Chairman Bilawal said that he has himself prepared a 10-point economic charter which prioritises the solutions to the three main problems faced by the people which are inflation, poverty and unemployment. This agenda follows the philosophy of Shaheed Quaid-e-Awam and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. The 10-point agenda has been published in numerous regional languages, including Pashto and Saraiki. He instructed the Party workers to disseminate the contents to people all over the region. 

Chairman PPP said that he resolves to not only increase wages, but double them within five years. The Party also resolves to provide 300 units of electricity free-of-cost to the deserving citizens of the country through solar power. The PPP aims to construct three million houses for the people all over the country, and give ownership to the women of the households. The Jiyalas should convey to the flood victims of D.I. Khan that the PPP government is resolving not only to construct houses for them but also to regularise temporary houses while giving ownership to the women. Chairman Bilawal said that the PPP has promised to make a university in every district, but for D.I. Khan especially, the PPP aims to establish a university for women. The people can access free healthcare treatments ranging from liver and kidney ailments to cardiac issues from institutions established by the PPP all over Sindh. The PPP aims to construct similar institutions for the people of D.I. Khan within six months. Chairman Bilawal said that he wishes to serve the women of D.I. Khan just as a son would, hence the PPP plans to not only expand the revolutionary Benazir Income Support Programme but also provide interest-free loans to the women of the country so that they can gain financial independence and contribute to the economy of the country. Addressing the farmers and labourers, Chairman Bilawal said that he is aiming to provide the ‘Benazir Kissan Card’ and the ‘Benazir Mazdoor Card’, to provide crop insurance and financial assistance to all small farmers, and social security to labourers after February 8. These initiatives are being taken as an extension of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s policy, which revolved around the farmers and labourers of the country getting their due share. He empowered the small farmers by taking land from the rich landowners. The PPP will support the farmers, growers and labourers directly instead of giving subsidies through the elite.  It was the dream of Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto that no child or adult goes to sleep on an empty stomach. Hence, the Party plans to introduce the ‘Bhook Mitao Programme’ on the level of union councils nationwide to combat hunger. Moreover, the youth of the country needs to be apprised of PPP’s legacy of serving the nation. For the youth, the PPP aspires to initiate the ‘Youth Card’ so that unemployment can be dealt with and the youngsters are equipped with all the necessary skills they need, along with financial assistance.

Chairman PPP said that the Party will achieve all of these goals through a strategy for financing. The PPP analysed the statistical figures of the country, it discovered that the 17 ministries which were to be devolved were still operated by the federation and more than 300 billion rupees is spent by the government to run them annually. Moreover, our elite is given subsidies worth 1500 billion rupees every year. Hence, the PPP decided to not only shut the 17 ministries but dedicate the entire amount saved from the subsidies given to the elite to the downtrodden masses of the country. 

Chairman PPP said that the fate of D.I. Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan can be changed if the people support him as they have supported Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. February 8 is a monumental day for the country and its people. If the people wish to waste their vote, they can vote for the PML-N or the independent candidates, but if they wish to see real progress, then they need to stamp the symbol of the arrow. The Jiyalas of D.I. Khan need to apprise the people that the contest is between the lion and the arrow. Imran Khan is not in the scene anymore, much to the dismay or pleasure of others. Moreover, Maulana Fazlur Rehman has not even approached the people to ask for their vote, hence he too is out of the equation. The people are the only source that can stop the lion in its path. They know what language Nawaz Sharif has used for the brothers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa despite being the PM of the country thrice. We strongly condemn that statement of Nawaz Sharif. Chairman Bilawal said that he will hunt the lion on behalf of the people, and the people of D.I. Khan will stamp the symbol of the arrow and render the lion’s efforts fruitless.  The PPP has always believed in democracy being the best revenge, a testimony of which is Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto not wanting revenge for her father being sent to the gallows, and President Zardari choosing to forgive those who slit his throat and tongue. Hence, the PPP will put an end to the traditional politics of hate and division after coming to power. 

Chairman Bilawal instructed the Party workers to work unitedly to help ensure the victory of the PPP’s candidates.

Bibi Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, daughter of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, visited Badin in connection with the ongoing nationwide election campaign of the Pakistan Peoples Party, where the people gave her a warm welcome. A large number of women also participated in Bibi Aseefa Bhutto Zardari’s rally. The Jiyalas and Jiyalis kept raising the slogans of the Party with zeal and fervour. 

Addressing the people, Aseefa Bhutto Zardari said that Badin has always been the stronghold of the PPP. We are proud of the Jiyalas here. She said that people have stood with us in every sorrow and joy, and the Party along with its leadership will also stand with them. She said that the PPP has given hospitals to provide quality treatment and schools for education to the people of Badin. Aseefa Bhutto Zardari said that the Pakistan Peoples Party has presented a poor-friendly and people-friendly manifesto. If we wish for Pakistan to tread the path of development, then we have to strengthen the hands of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, she expressed. We promise that with the will of Allah Almighty, the PPP will win and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will become the Prime Minister.

We promise to make the people and poor workers of the country prosperous, Bibi Aseefa said. According to the party manifesto, 300 units of electricity will be provided free of cost to the deserving citizens through solar power. We promise to issue the ‘Benazir Kissan Card, Benazir Mazdoor Card and Benazir Youth Card’, and regularize temporary housing and give ownership rights to the women. It is our promise to build 3 million houses for poor families, to double the salaries of employees, and to eradicate poverty in the country through better economic policies, she resolved. 

Aseefa Bhutto Zardari emphasised that the jiyalas should go from street to street and house to house and convey the message of the Party to the people. The people should give Bilawal Bhutto Zardari an opportunity to serve the country by stamping the symbol of the arrow on February 8. The people of Badin should promise that they will make Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s nominated representatives victorious. The people need to reach the polling stations in maximum numbers and stamp the symbol of the arrow. 

Party candidates Haji Rasool Bux Chandio, Mir Ghulam Ali Talpur, Haji Taj Muhammad Mallah, Arbab Ameer Amanullah, Muhammad Ismail Rahu, Muhammad Halepoto, Mir Allah Bux Talpur, Jam Wahid Halepoto and others were also present.