SAHIWAL: Pakistan People’s Party workers and local leaders gathered in Sahiwal and Okara to listen to Bilawal Bhutto’s speech on mega screens.

Before the Bilawal speech, party organisers addressed charged workers and linked tragic memories of Karsaz with the ongoing brutal killings in Palestine by Israeli forces.

PPP district president Zaki Chaudhry said the party would never forget the sacrifices rendered by workers. Provincial information secretary Shahzad Cheema also addressed the gathering.

In Okara, district president and former MNA Chaudhry Sajjadul Hasan along with PLF and PSF organised the show.

Another group led by party provincial assembly ticket-holder Rao Muhammad Rafique arranged party chairman’s live speech at the Railway road. Former minister Rana Ikram Rabbani was among the participants.

Published in Dawn, October 19th, 2023

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