SUKKUR: Former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said on Saturday it was very unfortunate that whoever served the country had to face the wrath of the establishment.

Addressing a gathering in Kashmore, he said politicians better understood problems of the country and were therefore in a better position to find their solutions. But, he added, people in the country’s institutions were not ready to listen to him.

Mr Zardari, who visited Kashmore on the invitation of PPP leader Sardar Saleem Jan Mazari, said that the government could not frighten him by putting his name on the Exit Control List. He said he would not leave country because people were with the PPP. The people of the country strongly supported him and with this support he was ready to face all problems, he said, adding that he had always been with the people and would remain with them in future.

PPP leader says government cannot frighten him by putting his name on ECL

He said both governments of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto had been toppled, but she continued her struggle for the rights of people.

He said after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto problems were created for the PPP, but the party had not only won the 2008 general election, but its federal and Sindh governments with the strong support of people had remained successful in completing their terms.

He said the PPP government in Sindh had launched many development projects in the province.

Speaking on the occasion, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said that the provincial government was taking measures for bringing about improvement in all sectors, adding that the special focus of the government was on health and education sectors.

He said the problems of Kashmore highlighted by Mr Mazari would be solved on a priority basis. All roads in the district would be constructed, he added.

In his address, Mr Mazari termed Kashmore a fort of the PPP, saying that it could be manifested from the victory of the party in all constituencies in the district in the July election.

Provincial ministers Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh, Mir Shabbir Ali Bijarani, Syed Jawed Ali Shah, Gul Mohammad Jakhrani, Maqbool Shaikh, Ahsanur Rehman Mazari, Mir Abid Sundrani, Haji Abdul Rauf Khoso as well as local leaders of the PPP were present on the occasion.

Published in Dawn, December 30th, 2018