KARACHI: The 71st birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will be celebrated on Friday (today).

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Karachi Division will organise the main ceremony in the Chakiwara area of Lyari Town, said Sindh Local Government Minister and Divisional President PPP Karachi Saeed Ghani while presiding over a meeting held here on Thursday to review the arrangements of the ceremony.

The meeting was attended by Provincial General Secretary PPP Sindh Waqar Mehdi, GS Karachi Division Javed Nagori, Deputy Mayor Karachi Salman Murad, Presidents and General Secretaries of all districts of Karachi division.

Mr Ghani said the main ceremony to celebrate 71st birth anniversary of Benazir Bhutto was being organised in Lyari on the instructions of Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari who will deliver a speech at the ceremony.

Waqar Mehdi said that routes for public and traffic had been designed and announced while workers of PPP Youth and student wings will manage routes for entrance on the venue.

Javed Nagori and District president PPP South Khalil Hoat briefed the meeting about arrangements and said that despite the Eid holidays, workers were excited to participate in the event while the chairman of local government bodies as well as local party cadre of Lyari were busy day and night to make the event a success.

Shahina Sher Ali said that on behalf of the PPP Women Wing, women workers from all over the city will participate in the event.

Published in Dawn, June 21st, 2024