KOHAT
\nFormer foreign minister and Pakistan People\u2019s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Sunday that a military dictator, Ziaul Haq, and some politicians had ganged up for the hanging of late prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB), and stressed the need for identifying those people whose facilitation had led to his judicial murder.
\nAddressing a public gathering in Kohat, Bilawal Bhutto has urged Chief Justice Supreme Court of Pakistan to Justice Qazi Faez Isa to rectify the mistake of the institution in the ZAB case.
\n\u201cTwelve years ago, President Zardari had sent a reference to the Supreme Court of Pakistan to review the case of the judicial murder of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. We hope that Justice Qazi Faez Isa would use this opportunity to rectify the mistake of its own institution, which was the very crime scene in this case. The constitutional and legal mistakes should be corrected. A decision alone would not be enough as we would need to tell the nation who the facilitators were in this murder, from General Zia to the judges, lawyers and politicians.
\nThey are the criminals. We hope that justice would be provided not only legally but keeping in mind the historical context, and that the entire world would get to know why a leader of the Muslim Ummah was sent to the gallows. If the court addresses this issue itself, it would be a source of renewed hope for the people of Pakistan, as they too can hope to get justice for themselves,\u201d Bilawal said.
\nBilawal Bhutto said irrespective of the fact whether any other political party was ready or not, PPP was ready for the general elections. He claimed that the PPP was not the party of elite, but of ordinary people. \u201cWe have always fought against poverty,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cParty workers (Jiyalas) have always stood with the party whenever it has faced crisis. And no other party can compete with us when it comes to giving sacrifices.\u201d
\nBilawal said that he is grateful to the office bearers, organisations, candidates and Jiyalas of the PPP for making this series of the Party\u2019s conventions a resounding success. The Jiyalas of PPP, the brothers of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and the soldiers of Quaid-e-Awami Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto have sent the message to the everyone that \u2018philosophy of Bhutto\u2019 is alive in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and will remain so.
\nBilawal was of the view that some politicians had personal reasons for contesting elections. \u201cSome of them wanted to come out of jails while others wanted to prevent themselves from landing in jails,\u201d he opined.
\nHe went on to say that on February 8, 2024 the PPP by winning the polls with a clear majority would eliminate the politics of hatred and division. \u201cThe PPP aims to put an end to the traditional politics of hate and division when it is chosen by the people on February 8 and introduce a new form of politics that is based on service,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cThe PPP\u2019s only purpose to contest the elections is to serve the people, while its counterparts are doing so to either get out of prison or to avoid it. We wish to come to power so that we can expand the internationally-acclaimed Benazir Income Support Programme so that the poorest of women in the country can be provided with relief. We are contesting the elections to ensure that benefits are reaped by the farmers and labourers through the Benazir Kissan and Mazdoor cards, as well as the Youth Card for our youngsters, following in the footsteps of our elders who served these families,\u201d he remarked.
\nThe PPPP chairman maintained \u201cGiving public ownership over national resources was the purpose of the 18th Constitutional Amendment, which neither Imran Khan nor Nawaz Sharif implemented.\u201d
\nHe further said \u201cGod willing, when the Pakistan People\u2019s Party government will be formed, we will implement the 18th Constitutional Amendment. We will make people owner of their own resources.\u201d
\n\u201cThe 1973 Constitution, 18th Amendment and NFC Award are all gifts given to the people by the PPP and those wishing to repeal them would have to face us. We will establish an actual \u2018rule of the people\u2019 and see to it that the people get their rights and fair share,\u201d he said.
\nBilawal said \u201cPakistan People\u2019s Party has represented the oppressed people of the backward areas and the weaker sections in every era. We have always fought against poverty. And the solution to today\u2019s democratic, political, human rights and economic problems is in the manifesto of the Pakistan People\u2019s Party.\u201d
\nHe said that the PPP has always represented the downtrodden masses and been their voice. The plethora of crises faced by the country today can all be resolved with the ideology of Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in his manifesto. The PPP does not compete with its fellow politicians and parties, but poverty, unemployment and inflation. The Party has been fighting the war for \u2018Roti, Kapra Aur Makaan\u2019 for three generations. Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir would be recognised by the slogan of \u2018Benazir Aaye Gi, Rozgaar Laye Gi\u2019. This is because the PPP is the sole party that stands with farmers, labourers, students and the downtrodden instead of the elite class, he added.
\nChairman Bilawal expressed his gratitude towards the people along with his resolve to serve the people. \u201cWe continue to keep trusting the people and leaving the Party\u2019s fate in their hands alone, as we were taught by our leader that \u2018people are the source of power\u2019, Chairman Bilawal said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KOHAT Former foreign minister and Pakistan People\u2019s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Sunday that a military dictator, Ziaul Haq, and some politicians had ganged up for the hanging of late prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB), and stressed the need for identifying those people whose facilitation had led to his judicial murder. Addressing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-373526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n