Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) on Tuesday pledged to revert to socialist ideology and strive for egalitarian democracy – the goals set by its founding fathers 50 years ago.
The party’s young chairman, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, delineated the broader contours of the future politics of the party in an apolitical speech at a successful show of power at a golden jubilee event in the federal capital.
A crowd of more than 20,000 people filled Islamabad’s Parade Ground, also known as Democracy Park. Political analysts believe that the PPP’s show of power, which came after a long time, was thanks to its younger lot which has taken up the challenge of reviving the party in Punjab. Instead of taking on his political opponents in an articulated speech, Bilawal, who became the party head after the assignation of his mother Benazir Bhutto in 2007, focused on the successes his party had achieved and the sacrifices it rendered during the past 50 years.
“We will make Pakistan [a] socialist country and continue with reforms initiated by Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and later by Benazir Bhutto,” Bilawal vowed, delineating his policy for the future.
He said his reforms meant for the empowerment of women, provision of education and health facilities and giving jobs to the youngsters. The party will strive to consolidate the reforms it introduced during its last term in office under the leadership of his father, Asif Zardari.
He specifically mentioned the autonomy granted to provinces in the 18th Constitutional Amendment, the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) reforms and its prosed merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Agaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) reforms packages. Instead of taking on his political opponents in an articulated speech, Bilawal, who became the party head after the assignation of his mother Benazir Bhutto in 2007, focused on the successes his party had achieved and the sacrifices it rendered during the past 50 years.
“We will make Pakistan [a] socialist country and continue with reforms initiated by Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and later by Benazir Bhutto,” Bilawal vowed, delineating his policy for the future.
He said his reforms meant for the empowerment of women, provision of education and health facilities and giving jobs to the youngsters. The party will strive to consolidate the reforms it introduced during its last term in office under the leadership of his father, Asif Zardari.
He specifically mentioned the autonomy granted to provinces in the 18th Constitutional Amendment, the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) reforms and its prosed merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Agaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) reforms packages.
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