LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) workers left for Garhi Khuda Bakhsh here on Thursday to attend slain party chairperson Benazir Bhutto’s death anniversary there.

Led by central Punjab chapter President Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and General Secretary Syed Hassan Murtaza, they took a special train as the Lahore-Garhi Khuda Bakhsh journey was named as Safar-i-Benazir (journey of Benazir).

Workers from Gujrat, Mandi Bahuddin, Hafizabad, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Narowal, Lahore, Nankana, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Faisalabad, Chiniot, Toba Tek Singh, Jhang, Okara, Pakpattan, and Sahiwal joined the train journey.

Before departure, Mr Ashraf told the media that Bilawal Bhutto is carrying forward the mission of his mother, who laid her life for the cause of democracy.

Meanwhile, senior party leader Naveed Chaudhry has arranged an event at the Punjab office of the party on Friday (today) for those workers who could not go to Garhi Khuda Bakhsh to attend the death anniversary.

Published in Dawn, December 27th, 2024