Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Hayat Sherpao’s death anniversary today

The PPP-Sherpao on Tuesday completed all arrangements for peaceful observance of the 37th death anniversary of then NWFP former Governor,

Hayat Muhammad Khan Sherpao with great respect and reverence on Wednesday.Khyber Pakthunkhwa President PPP-Sherpao, Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao MPA told APP that all arrangements have been completed to observe the death anniversary of Shaheed e Watan with great reverence and respect.Chairman PPP-S and former Interior Minister, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao and others party leaders will address a big public gathering at village Sherpao in Charsadda district on Wednesday.”The sweet memories of the charismatic leader, Hayat Muhammad Khan Sherpao who attained the distinction of the co founders of PPP, Shaheed Watan and Lion of Sarhad, still are alive in the hearts and minds of people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata who remember him as their only savior for socio-economic emancipation and peace,” he argued. The people of the province and tribal regions are all set to observe the death anniversary of their beloved leader, who was assassinated on February 16, 1975 in a bomb explosion on the campus of University of Peshawar that left the entire nation in an endless mourning and deep shock.Sherpao said Pakhtuns strongly believes that he was martyred under a well though out plan to keep the land of Pukhtuns backward, illiterate and deprived of their rights.”Hayat Sherpao alive today, the destiny of the Pakhtun nation would have definitely been changed as he was earnestly working for social economic uplift of people and Pakthun who had special attachment with them,” he said. He said he always raised voices for Pakthun rights and poor segments of the society and it is a day to make a pledge to carry forward his mission to next generation and termed his thoughts were beacon light for people and politicians.Hayat Sherpao was born in 1943 at the residence of Khan Bahadar Ghulam Haider Khan Sherpao, who was a leader of Pakistan Movement. A Muhammadzai by tribe, he was one of the co-founders of the Pakistan Peoples Party. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Shaheed had made him the party head in then North-West Frontier Province when he formed the PPP in 1967. He became Governor of NWFP now called Khyber Pakthunkhwa shortly after Bhutto had become President of Pakistan.He also remained a Federal Minister in Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s cabinet and a Senior Minister in NWFP cabinet.

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