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Monday, December 26, 2011
PPP to pay homage, tribute through various events
KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would be paying homage and tribute to Shaheed Benazir Bhutto on her 4th death anniversary on Dec 27, through various events planned for the occasion as the day has already been declared a public holiday by the Sindh government.
The PPP has decided to organise a big public meeting on December 27, at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto to pay tribute to the great leader in recognition of her life-long struggle for the cause of democracy and protection of rights of the people.
Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Hussain Wasan has directed provincial home department and Sindh Police to take security measures under a special strategy for all the programmes, which would be organised to mark the death anniversary of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto.
Wasan has directed that effective arrangements be made to ensure a smooth flow of traffic on all important streets in Sindh because convoys would be coming from all over the country to attend the death anniversary.
He has also directed to allow entry to Mazar of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, Larkana only after passing the walk-through gates and checking with metal detectors. He also directed to make security arrangements at hotels, restaurants, bus stands, railway station and other important places in Larkana, on Dec 27.
In this regard, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah held a meeting on Dec 11 with Federal Religious Affairs Minister Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, Sindh Local Government Minister Agha Siraj Durrani and MNA Dr Nasarullah Baloch at the Chief Minister’s House here.
They held a detailed discussion pertaining to all arrangements of 4th death anniversary of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and a scheduled public meeting of Dec 27.
Shah informed the party leaders that public in general and the party workers in particular, from Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, FATA and other parts of the country and globe will pay homage and tributes at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh to their great leader. He said that necessary arrangements are being made to facilitate the workers and general public on the occasion.
Shah apprised the meeting that the public meeting of Dec 27 will be exemplary and historic. The Executive Committee of the Women Wing of PPP’s Sindh Council also discussed the arrangements to observe the death anniversary of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, on Dec 10.
The Council, which met with its president Shagufta Jumani in chair decided to hold different events across Sindh to highlight the services rendered by Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto.
The giant portraits of PPP leaders including Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto have been displayed at main spots in different areas of the city. app
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk