Z.A.Bhutto death anniversary

PESHAWAR: Ten bogeys reserved for the Pakistan People’s Party workers to take them to Naudero to attend the death anniversary of founding chairman of the party, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, left without carrying a single activist from here which clearly showed the mismanagement and local leaders’ disinterest in running party’s affairs in the Frontier province.The district and provincial leaders were not aware of any reservation with the Pakistan Railways and none of the responsible leaders was available for comment. Most of the provincial leaders either kept their mobile phones off or preferred not to answer the calls.Provincial leader of the party Khwaja Yawar Naseer expressed ignorance about any reservation with the PR and posed a counter question as to who had booked the bogeys and why they were not informed in time?
He said they had arranged buses to take people from Peshawar and Nowshera, adding that they would have informed their workers, if some one had booked the bogeys. Some of our workers had already left, while some of them will be leaving today to participate in the anniversary of ZA Bhutto, he said.
Without naming any one, Yawar Naseer said, “they could publish a news item in the papers to inform the people, but that was not done.” The poor activists complained against their leaders for not making any arrangement for them to participate in the death anniversary of their leader. “Some of us can not afford Rs690 train ticket and it was a good chance for a worker like me to visit the tomb of our leader,” an aging worker said.Another worker said the party had arranged free train for the workers to participate in the anniversary of assassinated leader Benazir Bhutto, but this time, majority of the workers would not be able to visit Naudero, as they could not afford travelling and other expenses.“Our leaders usually go in their luxury vehicles ignoring the workers, “ one of the activists said and added that the leaders should take the workers along in a procession on such occasions. The worsening law and order situation, he said, could also be a reason and majority of the party activists would avoid visiting mausoleum of their leader.