ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday said the people of Parachinar suffered cruelty of the worst kind and the PPP will provide justice to the grieving families, culprits will be brought to book and punished according to law.
Bilawal said this while talking to lawmakers from FATA who called on him including Sajid Hussain Turi, Shahji Gul Afridi, Malik Inayat Hussain and Malik Mudassir Hussain.
Bilawal said the party’s stand is very clear regarding FATA and country will be strengthen if the FATA reforms are implemented. He asked Sajid Hussain Turi to convey his message of love and compassion to his constituents. He also prayed for the martyrs.
PPP leaders from KPK also called on Chairman Bilawal including Azam Afridi, Rahim Dad Khan and Ayub Shah. Engineer Himayun Khan, Faisal Karim Kundi and Jamil Soomro were also present on the occasion. Others who met PPP Chairman included Senator Farhatullah Babar, Senator Sherry Rehman, Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah, Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari, Chaudhry Manzoor, Imran Zafar Leghari MNA, Nadeem Afzal Chan and Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar.
Separately, Bilawal paid glowing tributes to Shah Nawaz Bhutto on his 32nd death anniversary being observed on Tuesday (today).
In his message, the PPP chairman said that Shah Nawaz Bhutto was martyred at the young age of 27 by the dictatorial forces for his untiring and valiant struggle against the Zia regime, which kept hounding him until his martyrdom.
Bilawal said Shah Nawaz waged movement for the restoration of democracy and remained in exile. He was groomed tenderly and lovingly by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Begum Nusrat Bhutto. Shah Nawaz suffered bravely after the martyrdom of Bhutto, he added.
Separately, Bilawal condemned the bombing in Peshawar and expressed grief and sorrow over the martyrdom of two FC personnel, including Major Jamal Sheran. In a statement, the PPP chairman said that people and law enforcers were fighting the terrorists in unison.
Bilawal saluted all the martyrs who laid down their lives during war on terrorism, adding that his party leaders and workers were feeling the pain of each martyr’s family equally.
Published in Daily Times, July 18th, 2017.
