ISLAMABAD, April 25: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has issued policy guidelines for revitalization of the PPP.

In a letter addressed to the coordination committees of PPP, she called for revitalization in line with the party’s “historic and consistent struggle for democracy, civil liberties, employment, education and liberalism” to make it more vibrant.

The former premier said it was necessary that all sections and classes of the society be motivated to join hands with the PPP, and stressed participation of youth, students, labour, lawyers, peasants and intellectuals in the objectives of the party. “These are the people who provide work force and intellectual backup to the party,” she said.

Explaining the objective of the reactivation drive, Ms Bhutto said: “The party should emerge as a single majority party in Sindh, Punjab, NWFP and Balochistan.”

She said that the PPP should stand out as the only alternative to, what she called, the “ruling junta” and a “liberal, democratic, patriotic, progressive and enlightened” force which could propel Pakistan into modernity by improving the economy, political institutions and human resources.

The PPP chairperson directed the coordination committees to immediately call meetings of provincial executives as well as coordination committees’ members for implementation of the revitalization programme.

Ms Bhutto stressed the need for organizing the party wings for students, youth, labour, women, lawyers, doctors and intellectuals at least at the provincial levels. “In the next three months we should concentrate on mobilization and the membership drive, and the party leaders should go to each and every district for this purpose,” she said.

She also directed that full use of media should be made, but avoid over exposure and useless talks.

She called for more interaction with the local press even beyond the formal press conferences and visiting important personalities of the area and leaders of other parties.

Ms Bhutto suggested that all central, provincial, divisional and district organizations should be reorganized and new faces may be brought forward at all levels of the party if such inductions would prove to be helpful.