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Wednesday, January 02, 2013
PM’s brother appointed PPP Rawalpindi Division presidentStaff Report
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, who is also the co-chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party, has appointed Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf’s brother Raja Imran Ashraf as PPP’s Rawalpindi division’s president.
According to the details, PPP co-chairman’s Political Secretary and MNA Rukhsana Bangash has issued a notification which says that the notification will take effect immediately. Copies of the notification have also been sent to PPP Vice Chairman and former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, PPP Vice Chairman and Federal Minister Makhdoom Amin Faheem, PPP Secretary General Senator Jahangir Badar and PPP Punjab President Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo.
Raja Iman Ashraf is the younger brother of Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and is an active worker of the party. His name was also in the circles for the party ticket from NA 48, Islamabad; however no final decision has so far been taken at the leadership level. It has been learnt that Raja Imran Ashraf has been given this responsibility after consultations with various party leaders and in view of his active political profile and popularity among the party workers.
He has been charged with assisting the senior party leadership in Punjab to help organise the party in Rawalpindi Division on war footings and to mobilise party vote bank in the area to compete with tough rival PML-N. “President Asif Ali Zardari has assigned seasoned political party leaders to work in Punjab who not only enjoy party leadership’s full trust but also were popular among party workers and have better relations in various constituencies,” sources said. PPP Chakwal District President Shahjahan Sarfraz Raja, while welcoming the appointment of Raja Imran Ashraf as PPP Rawalpindi Division president, said that his nomination would further boost up the party in Rawalpindi division.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk