Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party, said he is “very glad” to be able to commemorate the PPP’s founding day in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, The Asian Mirror reported.
He paid respect to the PPP’s late jiyalas (workers) who died in the party’s fight to become the country’s largest political party.
Bilawal Bhutto adressing the jalsa on PPP’s founding day.
Former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto’s words about the Pakhtun people’s unwavering allegiance to the PPP were quoted by Bilawal.
“Look how big the PPP rally here in Peshawar despite the hurdles created by the selected,'” he said, referring to Prime Minister Imran Khan and KP Chief Minister Mehmood Khan as “selected” for allegedly putting obstacles in the way of arranging the public gathering of the PPP founding day in Peshawar.
The Pakistan People’s Party is a center-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third-largest party in the National Assembly and the second-largest in the Senate of Pakistan.
The party was founded in 1967 in Lahore, when a number of prominent left-wing politicians in the country joined hands against the military dictatorship of President Ayub Khan, under the leadership of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. It is affiliated with Socialist International.
The PPP’s platform was formerly socialist, and its stated priorities continue to include transforming Pakistan into a social-democratic state, promoting egalitarian values, establishing social justice, and maintaining a strong military. The party, alongside the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, is one of the three largest political parties in Pakistan.
