MULTAN:Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Multan city and district chapters held a ceremony on Sunday to pay tribute to the martyrs of the Karsaz tragedy.
PPP Multan City President Malik Naseem Hussain Labar presided over the event. PPP South Punjab Senior Vice President Khawaja Rizwan Alam was the chief guest. Rao Sajid Ali, a Karsaz tragedy survivor and PPP Multan district general secretary, also attended.
Candles were lit in memory of the martyrs. A condolence reference was also held for late former federal minister Malik Mukhtar Awan and late M Saleem Raja, former divisional information secretary of the party.
Speakers said the October 18, 2007 attack in Karachi, held on the return of Benazir Bhutto, was a cowardly attempt to stop the democratic caravan. Dozens of party workers were killed and hundreds injured.
They said the PPP would continue its struggle for democracy, constitutional supremacy and public rights under Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, and would complete the mission of Benazir Bhutto.
Party leaders and workers in large numbers attended the ceremony.