LAHORE:
President Asif Ali Zardari has intensified efforts to reorganise the PPP in Punjab, issuing detailed organisational directives during a series of high-level meetings with party leaders in Lahore.
During his visit to the provincial capital on Tuesday, Zardari, who also serves as the co-chairman of the PPP, instructed party officials to ramp up public outreach efforts across Punjab.
He stressed the importance of holding workers’ conventions in each district and directed the party’s leadership to urgently complete any pending organisational structures in consultation with the central leadership.
The president assured party members that the Lahore chapter of the PPP would be restructured and made fully operational, including the appointment of a new city president.
Zardari also tasked Punjab Governor Sardar Saleem Haider Khan and other senior figures with intensifying door-to-door campaigns to promote the party’s manifesto and convey Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s message.
He stressed the need to engage the youth in party structures and called for a comprehensive performance report on the party’s provincial status to be submitted within one month.
A day earlier, Zardari met with a PPP delegation from District Attock, led by Governor Haider, at the Governor’s House.
During the meeting, the president underscored the importance of national security, citing the PPP’s longstanding support for the armed forces during periods of heightened tensions with India.
He described the PPP as a party rooted in the working class, government employees and marginalised communities, and highlighted its historic contributions and sacrifices for democracy and national stability.
Zardari also accepted an invitation to visit Attock, extended by the district delegation.
In a separate meeting with Barrister Aamir Hassan, a senior party leader and member of the PPP Central Election Cell, Zardari reiterated the party’s unwavering commitment to Pakistan’s sovereignty and defence.
He credited slain former prime minister and founder of the PPP, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, with launching Pakistan’s nuclear programme and his daughter, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, with advancing the country’s missile technology. He termed these achievements pivotal contributions to national security.
“Pakistan’s defence remains in strong hands,” Zardari said, adding that the vision of a unified India propagated by Hindutva ideologues would never come to fruition. “Pakistan is united and indivisible. All federating units are firmly aligned under the national framework.”
He further emphasised the need for political stability and inter-party cooperation, noting the PPP’s coordination with the PML-N in Punjab to address public issues.
