PESHAWAR: The leaders of Pakistan Peoples Party paid glowing tributes to former provincial minister Syed Qamar Abbas on his 15th death anniversary and vowed to fulfil his mission by serving the oppressed people in the society.
The event to mark the death anniversary of Qamar Abbas was held at PPP secretariat here on Saturday. A large number of PPP workers turned up and recalled the sacrifices and services of the former provincial minister.
The speakers on the occasion urged PPP workers to fulfil the mission of their slain leader for welfare of people irrespective of political affiliation.
The event was addressed by PPP central executive committee member Azam Afridi, provincial senior vice president Syed Ayub Shah, former provincial president Syed Zahir Ali Shah, former provincial president Humayun Khan, Peshawar division president Liaquat Shabab, labour wing president Zulqarnain Shah, Zulfiqar Afghani, Anwarzeb, Syed Tahir Abbas and Khwaja Yawar Naseer.
The speakers recalled the services of Qamar Abbas and said that he served the people irrespective of their political affiliations and became popular. The former minister, they said, led the party as its provincial senior vice-president and faced many hardships including imprisonment during martial law but did not bow down to any pressure.
Talking about Mr Abbas’s political acumen, they said that he instilled political consciousness among the people and his sacrifices enabled the political workers to fight for welfare of the downtrodden and betterment of the society.
Paying rich tributes to the killed leaders and workers of PPP, the speakers said that the activists of the party were committed to fulfilling their mission for strengthening of democracy in the country.
They said that Qamar Abbas was shot dead on May 6, 2007 when he was going on a motorcycle near Hashtnagri Chowk in Peshawar but the people still mourned his death as it was irreparable loss to the party.
The participants offered fateha for the departed souls including former prime ministers Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto and others.
Published in Dawn, May 8th, 2022
