NewsOctober 16 , 2016
Live: PPP’s ‘Salam Shuhuda Rally’ a show of political power
KARACHI: The Salam Shuhada rally is being taken out here on Sunday by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to pay homage to the party’s activists and supporters killed in a blast at Benazir Bhutto’s homecoming rally near Karsaz on 18 October, 2007.
PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is leading the rally atop the purpose-built truck that started its day-long journey from the Bilawal House. TV footages show Bilawal standing on the truck along with two ex-prime ministers of PPP Yousaf Raza Gilani and Raja Pervez Ashraf.
The “Salam Shuhuda Rally” began from the Bilawal House and through Boat Basin, Mai Kolachi Road, Moulvi Tameezuddin Khan Road, Jinnah Bridge, ICI Bridge, Nawab Mahabat Khanji Road, Lea Market, Napier Road, MA Jinnah Road, Naumaish Chowrangi, Shahrah-e-Quaideen to Sharea Faisal and has now reached the Karsaz intersection.
Bilawal Bhutto addressed the participants at various places on the way, along with other leaders of the Party.
He said, “I brought the change in Sindh, if you stand by with me we will bring change in whole of Pakistan”.
“Benazir Bhutto was a ray of hope for Karachi people”, he said.
CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah and other senior leaders reached the Bilawal House earlier today. On the occasion, CM Sindh said the rally will strengthen democracy in the country.
While talking to newsmen, Speaker Sindh Assembly Aga Siraj Durrani said nearly 200 workers of PPP were killed in the blast. Today’s rally will be historic, he added.
The PPP leadership had directed the party’s leaders and activists belonging to the South and West districts to participate in the rally right from its commencement point of Bilawal House.
Activists and leaders belonging to other districts in the city were told to join the rally at any point along its proposed route nearest to their respective residence considering their own convenience.
Stringent security measures have been taken along the route of the rally while the party established several reception camps as part of its preparations.
Banners have been set up on major roads of the city to spread public messages for the rally.
The PPP said it had chosen Sunday to stage the rally so that it would cause less inconvenience to commuters and the public in general in comparison to a working day of the week.
Courtesy www.thenews.com.pk
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