Bhutto gave voice to poor, down-trodden

Minister for Kashmir Affair and Gilgit Baltistan and President PPP Punjab Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo has said that Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto gave voice to the poor and down-trodden segments of the society.He said this while addressing a worker’s convention in Islamabad organized by PPP Islamabad and Rawalpindi Division on the occasion of 46th anniversary of PPP.Wattoo said that Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the founder of PPP, first time sensed the miseries of the poor people of Pakistan and formed the PPP to provide the poor a platform. He said that the daughter of the Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, had scarified her life in struggle for the right of the poor people and to accomplish the mission of her father. President Asif Ali Zardari and co-chairman PPP with his political wisdom and policy of reconciliation provided a great strength to the country and the people of Pakistan. “When there was a complete uncertainty and lawlessness throughout the country after the assassination of our great leader Benazir Bhutto, he not only brought the country back to stability, but invited all political parties to join hands He put the country successfully back on the track of democracy and prosperity. By the grace of Allah Almighty, the parliament is going to complete its constitutional terms first time in the history of Pakistan”. He said that Asif Ali Zardari is a man of great wisdom and open heart and mind who himself fortified his own power in favour of the parliament of Pakistan and kept himself busy strengthening democracy in the country. Wattoo said that he was a worker himself who had started his politics from the Union Council level and he basically was a worker and was well aware of the problem of the workers. He assured that he had no desire for any post. He joined PPP for the service of the people of Pakistan and the PPP. He said that he joined PPP after winning election as an independent candidate alongwith his children and will remain loyal to the party and its leadership. Wattoo said that Rawalpindi and Islamabad had been the fortress of PPP and today the worker of PPP in this worker’s convention have proved, that again the twin cities will be the fortress of the PPP. Wattoo said that it was my history that I defeated PML(N) twice in Punjab and recently in AJK election. He said that his track record proves that we will once again defeat PML(N) in Punjab and PPP this time from the government in Punjab alongwith the centre and other provinces. He stated that PML(N) has no standing against PPP and its leadership.