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PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY GREATER LONDON
President and PPP Co-Chairman pays glowing tributes to Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Islamabad April 3, 2009: Following is the text of the message of the President and Co-Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party Asif Ali Zardari on the eve of the 30th martyrdom anniversary of Pakistan ’s first directly elected Prime Minister Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto falling on April 4.
“The Quaid-i-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto gave pride to every Pakistani, irrespective of race, religion or gender.
“He awakened the people to the realization that only they, and no one else, were the fountainhead of all political power.
“For the ‘crime’ of awakening the people Shaheed Bhutto was killed by the forces of tyranny. But he still lives and, from his grave in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, haunts the dictators and enemies of democracy.
“The realization that people are the source of all power has sunk so deep in the psyche of the people that no dictator has been able to erase it from their minds.
“Following in the footsteps of her father Shaheed Mohtarma Bhutto also laid down her life for democracy. Perhaps nowhere in the world has two successive generations of political leadership laid down their lives in the cause of the people. This honor belongs to the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Bhutto family.
“Holding his head high Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto walked the stage of life like a colossus.
“Shaheed Bhutto gave the country a unanimous Constitution which protected the country from implosion. He made the country’s defenses impregnable through giving it giving it nuclear program, the Kamra Aeronautical factory and the Heavy Mechanical Complex and held the Organization of Islamic Countries Summit in 1974 at Lahore .
“He gave Balochistan Provincial status and established a provincial assembly and high court for it. He began the emancipation of the people in the tribal areas as well as the Northern areas. He established Azad Kashmir as an autonomous area with its own President, Prime Minister and Judiciary.
“The Simla Accord that brought longest spell of peace between India and Pakistan also stands as a lasting monument to Shaheed Bhutto’s negotiating skills”.
“Indeed the more one reflects on the life and achievements of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto the more one is amazed at the vastness of his achievements.
“Let us on this day reiterate out commitment to carry on the Bhutto’s vision to build Pakistan for the service of world peace and friendship. Let us also strive to shun extremism from all walks of life and to inculcate a deep awareness of and respect for the principles and values enshrine in our Constitution”.
Agha Tanveer Iqbal
Secretary Information
PPP Greater London
+44-07931445834
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