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Sunday, May 13, 2012
Zardari hails PPP’s mammoth rally: 50m Sindhis to march towards Lahore if challenged: Sindh CM* Qaim Ali Shah says Nawaz knows nothing about politics, only creating chaos
UBAURO: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that if Nawaz Sharif challenged the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), 50 million Sindhis would march towards Lahore.
Addressing a mammoth rally in Kamu Shaheed on Saturday, Shah said that today’s judiciary was with the PPP-led government and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. He also said that PPP would never allow anyone to construct Kalabagh Dam. Criticising the PML-N chief, Shah said Nawaz Sharif did not know the ABC of politics and was only creating chaos in the country. He advised Nawaz to wait till November, December.
Sindh chief minister said the PPP was well aware of conspiracies against its government and would not let the sacrifice of Benazir Bhutto for democracy go in vain. Shah said Nawaz Sharif was a coward who fled to Jeddah in Musharraf’s regime. He said PML-N did nothing for Sindh during its tenures in the government. The CM said that over a million people were present in the gathering. “The PPP will emerge as victorious in the next general election as well,” said Shah. He said that people had voted for the PPP in the last general elections and this party had come to power because of the struggle of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and the party workers. He stated that the present government was the regime of the poor and peasants. PPP Senator Islamuddin Shaikh said that all the allies of PPP had expressed confidence in Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani. He advised Sharif brothers to do politics on real issues being faced by the country. Sindh Irrigation Minister Jam Saifullah Dharejo criticised the PML-N leadership as saying that the Sharif brothers knew nothing about democracy. He said that PPP would hold rallies in other parts of the country to counter the PML-N propaganda. Former Sindh information minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said that his party had showed a “glimpse” of its strength by holding a historical public gathering at the Sindh-Punjab border at Kamon Shaheed Saturday. He said that the PML-N’s rally in Taxila was a rally of `patwaris’ and school teachers`. Speaker Sindh Assembly Nisar Khuhro and others also spoke on the occasion.
Zardari congratulates PPP leadership: PPP Co-Chairman President Asif Ali Zardari has congratulated Sindh Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Federal Minister Syed Khursheed Shah, Senator Islamuddin Sheikh and other leadership of PPP for holding successful rally at Khamu Shaheed. In his message, the President said that Saturday’s gathering clearly reflected the trust and confidence of the people in the PPP and its leadership. By holding this rally a success, the people have manifested once again that they believed in federation and the rule of law, the President said.
He said that the PPP believed that the people were the ultimate judge to consider political parties and its policies. He said that PPP derived its strength from the people of the country and held itself accountable before them. The President said that the PPP would continue its forward march no matter how daunting the challenges it faces in its stride towards strengthening democracy and rule of law in the country. agencies
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