F.P. Report
MARDAN: Leaders and activists of Pakistan People Party held protest demonstration in front of Mardan Press Club against the arrest of PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and warned they would hold indefinite protest set-in in Islamabad if he was not released forthwith.
The protest demonstration was led by PPP leaders ex-federal minister Khawaja Muhammad Khan Hoti, ex-provincial minister AbdusSamad Khan Hoti, district naib-nazimAsad Ali Kashmiri, female district councilor AqilaSumbal. The protest demonstration was attended by large number of PPP activists. The protesters were carrying banners and placards inscribed with condemnation slogans against the PTI government and NAB.
Addressing on the occasion, the PPP leaders said that they alleged that the PTI government had arrested Asif Ali Zardari with the purpose to divert people’s attention from financial budget 2019-20 as the incumbent rulers were planning to impose huge taxes over the masses. They also blamed that the PTI central government were arresting the key political party’s heads so that to hide their failure as it had failed to deliver according to wishes of countrymen. They threatened to launch aggressive protest agitation against the government if the rulers did not release the PPP co-chairman without any delay.
