Garhi Khuda Bakhsh: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and PPP Parliamentarians President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday addressed the crowd that had gathered in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh for the April 4 public meeting to commemorate the 38th death anniversary of PPP founder and executed prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said that 40 years ago the imperialists and their cronies had conspired to plant the seeds of religious extremism in the country, but our war against religious extremism started long ago and still continues.
Whereas, PPP Parliamentarians President Asif Ali Zardari said that justice has never been served in Pakistan.The former president said that they were waiting for the courts to announce its verdict in the Panama leaks case.
The former president said that they were waiting for the courts to announce its verdict in the Panama leaks case.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari also addressed the public gathering. “Today marks the darkest chapter in the history of Pakistan,” he said.
The Sindh government had announced a public holiday on the day in the province.
Security had been beefed up in and around the Bhutto family mausoleum and over 7,000 police personnel were deployed.
A big crowd of enthusiastic party workers and admirers of ZA Bhutto participated in the public meeting to pay tributes to the iconic politician.
On Monday, Sindh PPP president Nisar Ahmed Khuhro and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, along with some cabinet members, visited the venue and inspected the security arrangements for the day.
He also laid wreaths and offered fateha on the graves. The pandal was decorated with tricolour flags and big panaflexes while a large number of policemen were deployed along the routes leading to the venue.
