Big group of former public representatives join PPP

Lahore: Prior to the local bodies elections in Punjab, more than 80 local government representatives from nine districts of the Punjab province have joined the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).

These representatives are from the nine districts of Punjab including Kasur, Okara, Vehari, Sahiwal, Multan, Jhang, Layyah and Lodhran. The representatives who joined the PPP are the former Chairmen of Municipal Committees and Union Councils, former General Councillors, members of Kisan Ittehad and important personalities of the business community.

The Chair PPP, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari hosted a lunch at Bilawal House Lahore in honour of the new entrants in the party. Addressing them, Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the PPP has always been a party of grass roots; it is still a party of grass roots and will always remain a party of grass roots.

Addressing the new entrants in the party, he said that the PPP has always stabilised the country in difficult times. Pakistan is passing through tough times now. The current government is anti-people. The PPP has always looked after the downtrodden masses. It has always provided jobs to the people and the slogan was that “Benazir Aaye gi, Rozgar Laye gi”. In 1970s, during the government of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto we introduced 5 marla schemes and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto in 1990s introduced 7 marla schemes. Now, this selected government that had promised 5 million houses has snatched shelter from the poor of this country. This government of the selected had promised 10 million jobs but thousands were rendered unemployed. People want to get rid of this government. I need your help to put this country on the right track.

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the PPP always empowered the people of Pakistan. President Zardari, who was the most powerful civil president of this country, transferred all his powers to the representatives of the people of Pakistan, the Parliament. We always desired to empower the provinces and the local governments. This is why in Sindh, the PPP has introduced a local government system through the Sindh Assembly which empowers the local governments. Sindh chief minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah is making local governments powerful by enabling the them to generate their own revenue. The mayor has been made the Chairman of the Water Board. The waste management is co-chaired by the mayor. Local governments have been empowered to receive reports from the police, education and health departments biweekly. We want to strengthen the local governments. The local government systems in the federal capital Islamabad and Punjab have been imposed by ordinances.

Chairman Bilawal welcomed all new entrants to the party and said that the PPP is not only a political party, but a family where we are together in joy and grief, in successes and defeats.

The former LG representatives who joined the PPP are as follows: Former chairman of Kasur Union Council Ranjha Baloch, Chaudhry Abdul Jabbar, Chaudhry Muhammad Jamil, Haji Abdul Sattar, Chaudhry Liaquat Ali Sanda, former chairman of Kasur Union Council Chaudhry Mushtaq Ahmed, Aslam Mayo, Najibullah Khan, Shabir Ahmed Bhatti, Dr. Ashraf Chauhan, General councillor of Kasur, Rana Muhammad Ali, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Arshad Bhatti, Sarfraz Ahmed, Fawad Rashid, Hafiz M. Arshad Malik, General Councillor of Kasur, Ahmad Ali Olakh, Muhammad Jahangir, Chaudhry Shahadat Ali Jutt, Sardar Rafiq Dogar, Zulfiqar Ali Dogar, General Councillor of Kasur, Imtiaz Ahmed Bhatti, Zulfiqar Masih, Malik Afzal Ahmed, Shabnam Khan, former member of Kasur District Council, Zeb-un- Nisa, former member of Kasur Union Council Samir Rafique, Nargis Riaz Kharal, former Vice Chairman of Kasur Union Council Rana Muhammad Younis, former Vice Chairman of Kasur Fateh Muhammad Nambardar, community leaders Manzoor Ahmad Khokhar, Aziz Khalid, Sharafat Ali, businessman Shahid Anjum and former chairman of Kasur Municipal Committee Sardar Faisal Ata Dogar and former general councillor of Okara Mian Idrees Bhatti, Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed Gul, President Kisan Ittehad Punjab, Malik Jahanzeb Kallas, President Lahore Division, Sardar Saeed Ahmed Dogar, influential personalities Sardar Dawood Ahmed, Malik Fahad Hussain Awan, Lahore Bar Council member Rana Intezar Ahmed, former Chairman Vehari Union Council Shabbir Hussain, Malik Nasir Mahmood Awan, Naeem Ijaz, former Vice Chairman of Vehari Union Council Ishaq Mohammad, Zahid Mahmood, General Councillors of Vehari Faisal Hameed, Mohammad Afzal, Abdul Rashid, Mohammad Yousuf, Nasreen Bibi, Zahid Pervez, former Union Council Nazim Rana Muhammad Iqbal, Rana Sharafat Ali Khan, Naveed Akhtar, runner up Chaudhry Shehzad Pervez, Rao Muhammad Javed, Malik Muhammad Ashfaq, former Deputy Nazim of Kasur Mehr Muhammad Sarwar, former member of Sahiwal Municipal Corporation Farzana Abbas, former member of Multan Municipal Corporation Hina Shahid, former member of Jhang Municipal Corporation Zarina Sheikh, former general councillor of Jhang Iram Ijaz, Shagufta Hussain, former member of Layyah District Council, Iqbal Bibi, Shabana Amir, former member of Okara District Council, former Lodhran Tehsil Nazim and former UC Chairman Syed Asghar Shah.