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Friday, January 07, 2011
Bilawal vows to continue Taseer’s mission
KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said he is deeply grieved over the brutal assassination of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer. “I join the workers of PPP in mourning the tragic assassination of Taseer,” the party chairman said in a statement issued on Thursday. He said that Taseer had joined his mother Benazir Bhutto, grandfather Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and hundreds of PPP martyrs, who laid down their lives for their beliefs. “Our party’s struggle to uphold the values of Islam and democracy will continue,” Bilawal pledged. “An egalitarian, tolerant and a just order, which serves all the people, remains our goal. Taseer was targeted for pursuing these noble goals and we will honour his memory by continuing the mission, which he joined as a student and served until his death,” the PPP chief averred. staff report
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