HYDERABAD, Sept 14: A large number of PPP activists on Friday celebrated the announcement made by their party leader Ms Benazir Bhutto of returning to Pakistan on Oct 18.

They were dancing Bhangra and distributing sweets outside the district council building. They also set off a few fireworks.

The PPP workers took out rallies from all the five zones of the district which converged at the party camp set up outside the district council building. They carried party flags and portraits of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto.

The district leaders of the party including Zahid Ali Bhurgari MPA, Amanullah Siyal, Syed Fayaz Ali Shah, Syed Saleem Shah Bukhari, former MPA Usman Kennedy, Aftab Khanzada and others led the celebrations.

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