LAHORE: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has claimed that his party has the best plans for the poor.

Speaking to south Punjab activists of the party at Bilawal House here on Sunday, he said that the PPP had prepared “the best plans” to rid the poor of poverty. He said the days of deprivation of the people of south Punjab were gone and they should now prepare to welcome a day of progress and equal opportunities to gain prosperity.

Bilawal said he was disturbed to learn that literacy rate in south Punjab was just 12 per cent. He also predicted that the people of south Punjab would get “freedom from Takht-i-Raiwind” in the next elections.

He regretted that killers of the PPP worker in Haroonabad had not been arrested though the incident took place around a month ago. He alleged that the PML-N government was in fact not ready to round up the killers, who were roaming freely.

Referring to an announcement of the government regarding a transparent investigation into the incident, he alleged that the government which promised a fair probe was itself involved in the offence.

Published in Dawn, April 10th, 2017