‘Vengeful politics’ reason behind PDM govt’s failure

F.P. Report

CHITRAL: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing a workers’ convention in Chitral said that he is grateful to the Party’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Chitral organisations for holding such a successful gathering. The PPP will continue its determined efforts and win the elections.

Chitral is not just the name of a place, but that of a family. It is the place from where the Mother of Democracy, Begum Nusrat Bhutto was elected. Chitral is not my second, but my first home, Chairman Bilawal said. Paying tribute to the women of Chitral, Chairman Bilawal said that they are carrying the mission of Begum Nusrat Bhutto and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto forward.

This region is faced with a plethora of problems, for which the PPP has all the solutions. For three generations, the PPP is combatting poverty, unemployment and inflation. It was only during the eras of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto that the youth of Chitral was provided with employment opportunities. Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, an unarmed woman was able to face not one, but two dictators because she had the support of her brothers from Chitral.

Chairman Bilawal said that he wishes to help rid the people of this suffering, but it is apparent with the way that the country is being run that the traditional manner of doing politics will only exacerbate the pain faced by the people. Only with pure intentions can one solve problems. Pakistan is a country with unparalleled potential. The intentions of the other parties, be it the PML-N or the PTI, wish to carry out their personal vendetta against each other after coming to power. During the unity government, we had intended to help the country emerge from the crises faced by the people. We were unsuccessful in doing so because our allies were fixated on personal revenge. This is why the targets we had set were not achieved.

This is why we have been demanding our traditional politicians to rest. This demand is not ours alone, but that of the youth which consists of 70 percent of the country’s population. “We have been taught to respect our elders and are not disrespectful like the PTI. Our qualm with traditional politicians is not their age, but the same old politics that has destroyed the country in the past seven decades”, Chairman Bilawal said. Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was the youngest PM at the time in the Islamic world. The decisions made by other political parties suffer through short-sightedness, and the burden is carried by the people.

We aim to establish a ‘rule of the people’, Chairman Bilawal said. It is solely the prerogative of the people to decide their representatives and who gets to govern them, no one else’s. Chairman PPP expressed his gratitude for the loyalty Chitral has shown for three generations. The arrow will he vicious on all three seats in Chitral, proving once again that the people of Chitral are not only loyal, but honourable and still standing with Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

We will complete the incomplete mission of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. The gift of the wheat subsidy given to the people of Chitral by Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto will be restored permanently, Chairman Bilawal resolved. The same will be done for former FATA and PATA which will be made into tax-free zones on a permanent basis. We will show Afghanistan how we are making efforts for the progress of the former FATA and PATA.

We are not only contesting the elections on slogans, but performance and character. Chairman Bilawal said that he represented the country internationally as its youngest foreign minister, while establishing hospitals meeting international standards in every district of Sindh. Former KP PPP president, Humayun Khan had gotten free health treatment from NICVD Sukkur. Shazi Khan, PPP’s General Secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa went to London for treatment, but was told that he should receive it from Karachi.