QUETTA:The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Balochistan Women’s Wing here on Wednesday held a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the Karsaz tragedy.
Addressing on the occasion, Vice President of PPP Women’s Wing Maah Jabeen Jamali said the blood of PPP leaders was shed for the restoration and strengthening of democracy in Pakistan, also adding that today democracy exists due to the sacrifices of Karsaz’s martyrs.
She said the PPP, when assumed the federal government in 2008, restored the constitution of 1973 according to its original spirit, adding her party had reinstated the judges of the Supreme Court back in 2009, gave the name Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to the NWFP province, provincial autonomy to the provinces, NFC award and special package announced for Balochistan with an aim to remove backwardness from the area.
She said that the Pakistan Peoples Party was the largest democratic, revolutionary party of the country which had always struggled to protect the geographical position of the country.
“Today the ongoing democracy in the country and its stability was because of the blood of hundreds of leaders, workers of the party, including the chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party, former Prime Minister Ms. Benazir Bhutto,” she underlined.
“In the long journey of the People’s Party, the conspiracies made to destroy it in every era have been foiled by the party’s brave workers as they fought hard in every difficult time,” she noted, adding the party has brave workers who always ensured the survival of the party as they were always ready to sacrifice their lives for the security of the country.
She said the defense of Pakistan was impregnable today due to the efforts of the founder of PPP and there was no threat to the integrity of the country.
She also paid homage to the martyrs of the tragedy also reciting Fatiha for their souls.