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Summary PPP leaders say govt saved the country from disintegration, multiple crises.
Pakistan People’s Party Monday held public meeting in support of LG Ordinance.The gathering was addressed by former PM Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Qamar Zaman Qaira, Moula Baksh Chandio, Sharjeel Memon, Agha Siraj Durrani, Nisar Khoro and other PPP leaders.Addressing the gathering Yousaf raza Gilani said present PPP governemnt resotored the 1973 Constitution of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.He said when PPP took over government Pakistan was on the verge of disentegration and PPP government saved the country.Enumerating the achivements of PPP government he mentioned the Benazir Income Support Programme.He praised the leadership of Asif Ali Zardari and said Zardari raised the voice for unity of Pakistan.About Sindhi nationalists he said those who are talikng about the division of Sindh were living in the fools paradise. Gilani claimed that PPP was the most popular political party of the country.CM Sindh Qaim Ali Shah said PPP had given sacrifices for the people of Sind, adding PPP is stronger than the nationalists.He said Nawaz Sharif is trying to use Sindhi leaders but will get nothing out of it.Nawaz opposes PPP because it talks about the poor people of Pakistan, he said.“PPP restored thousands of employees expelled by Nawaz government,” he said.Defending the LG Ordinance Qaim said some people were indulging in opposition for sake of opposition and had no solid argument.Qamar Zaman Kaira said people of Pakistan supported the policies of PPP and that was why PPP had won the by-elections in every part of country.“When PPP took over the government 4 years back Pakistan was at the verge of disintegration. Benazir Bhutto had been murdered, Waziristan and Swat were under the control of Taliban, no Pakistani flag was seen in Blaochistan.”PPP govt introduced unanimously NFC Award and passed 18th Amendment, he said.“Pakistan was burning and terrorism was at its peak and PPP saved the country from all the crises,” he said.Addressing the gathering Moula Baksh Chandio said no one can finish PPP if Nawaz Sharif’s guru Ziaul Haq could not do it.He criticized the Sindhi nationalists for joining hands with PML-N and jamaaat-e-Islami. “Are PML-N, JI and ANP nationalist parties,” he asked.“The opponents of PPP should watch today’s gathering and realize that conspiracies against PPP had failed.“Bhutto and Sindh cannot be separated,” he said.Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon once again came hard on Nawaz Sharif and said Nawaz Sharif group is always busy in propaganda against PPP.Sharjeel said pseudo nationalists of Sindh were being used by Nawaz Sharif.He alleged that nephew of PML-N leader threw crackers at houses of PPP leaders.“Political orphans are gathering under the ambrella of Nawaz Sharif for their petty interests but all these elements will fail,” Sharjeel said.He said PPP will not hand over people Sindh to extortionists and blackmailers, adding nationalists also opposed Benazir Bhutto.Agha Siraj Durrani said those who are opposing the Sindh LG Ordinace have not even read it, adding these people accept the LG system given by dictators by are opposing the system introduced by a democratic government.
