KARACHI / LARKANA / NAWABSHAH: The 38TH birthday of Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari was celebrated with great enthusiasm on Monday with thousands of party leaders, activists, workers and supporters attending the cake cutting ceremonies held in their respective cities and towns.
MPA Faryal Talpur, who heads the party’s women wing, cut a cake at Naudero House at a ceremony attended by PPP’s Larkana Division President MNA Khursheed Junejo, MNA Nazir Ahmed Bughio, District Council Chairman Aijaz Ahmed Leghari, Syed Arshad Rashdi, Mohammad Anwar Brohi, Zahid Jalbani, Sarfaraz Mirani and a number of local party leaders and activists, besides officebearers and members of PPP women wing.
Prayers were offered for Bilawal’s long life and continued success.
PPP City chapter organ-ised a similar ceremony at Begum Nusrat Bhutto Memorial Hall in Larkana.
A cake was cut in the presence of many party leaders and activists on the occasion. Prominent among those who attended the ceremony were MPA Jamil Ahmed Soomro, MPA Suhail Anwar Siyal, PPP Larkana City President Khair Mohammad Shaikh, Mayor Anwar Luhar and Dr Sakina Gaad.
A birthday ceremony was also held at Siyal House, the residence of Suhail Anwar Siyal’s brothers Tariq Anwar Siyal (PPP Bagrani Taluka President) and Shah Rukh Anwar Siyal (Darri Town Chairman). It was attended by Sindh Minister for Culture Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah and other senior leaders, as well as a number of party activists.
Some of the leaders spoke to the participants to highlight the achievements of Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and his struggle towards getting Sindh its constitutional rights under the NFC Award and the 18th Constitutional Amendment. They noted that he took up the party’s leader-ship in a young age and continued to work tirelessly for the poor and oppressed segments of society.
They recalled that under his leadership, the country had won a diplomatic battle on the world stage. He fought Pakistan’s case at the United Nations and made efforts in every respect for the country’s development and survival, they noted.
They pointed out that a record development was witnessed in Larkana, his constituency, and many other parts of Sindh.
In his message on the occasion, PPP Sindh President Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, congratulated Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on his 38th birthday, and said that ‘he is the axis of the country’s politics and a beacon of hope for the masses’. He expressed his confidence that Bilawal would become the prime minister through the power of people.
Mr Khuhro said that under his political vision, Bilawal highlighted Pakistan’s democratic and progressive identity on both national and international forums. ‘Under the leadership of Asif Ali Zardari andBilawal Bhutto-Zardari, the party is playing its role for democracy, Constitution and the supremacy of parliament in the country so that continuity of democracy is maintained,’ he added.
Bilawal Bhutto-Zarda-ri’s 38th birthday was celebrated at ceremonies held in different cities and towns of Benazirabad division as well.
One of the ceremonies was held at Zardari House, Nawabshah, PPP Benazirabad Divisional General Secretary Javed Nayab Leghari, City President Khan Bahadur Bhatti and General Secretary Syed Atif Zaidi cut the cake along with several other localleaders.
A similar event was held in Sanghar, where a large number of party workers and supporters attended a cake cutting ceremony and extended congratulations and well-wishes to the PPP chairman.
PPP Taluka President Ijaz Hussain Zardari paid tribute to Bilawal BhuttoZardari and his struggle for a true democracy and people’s rights.
Birthday ceremonies were also held in Naushahro Feroze and other cities and towns of the district includingMoro and Kandiaro.
In Karachi, PPP organised a ceremony in district East to celebrate Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s 38th birthday. The event was addressed by Sindh Labour Minister Saeed Ghani, PPP Sindh General Secretary Senator Syed Waqar Mehdi, District East President Iqbal Sand and others.
The ceremony was attended by MNA Asad Alam Niazi, Karachi Division General Secretary Rauf Ahmed Nagori, presidents of all districts, town chairmen and officebearers of all UCs and PSs of District East, besides several thousand other people.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Ghani said: ‘Our leader may be younger than other politicians in terms of age, but he has vision. We are unfortunate that Benazir Bhutto was snatched away from us but we are fortunate that we have Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.