PESHAWAR: Former activists of Peoples Students Federation (PSF), the student wing of Pakistan Peoples Party, have asked leadership to take steps for activation of the party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Addressing a function held here in connections with the death anniversary of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto on Thursday, they said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had the potential to organise and strengthen PPP. They demanded of PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardardi and co-chairman President Asif Ali Zardari to appoint Aseefa Bhutto Zardari for reorganisation of the party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

“All party wings will extend full support to her to achieve this goal,” they said. The death anniversary was held at Peshawar Press Club (PPC) with former district president of PPP Israr Khan Nehqi in the chair. Former PSF leaders from across the province attended the event.

Addressing the function, Engineer Ghani Gul Mehsud, Biland Khan Tarakai, Fazale Rabi, Akhtar Zaman, Bacha Hussain and Haq Nawaz paid glowing tributes to the struggle of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto against military dictatorships.

They said whenever PPP came to power, it had worked for the welfare of poor, workers and downtrodden. They said that Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto turned the country into a nuclear power while Shaheed Benazir Bhutto launched missile programme to make defence of the country impregnable.

The speakers said that former student activists spent their lives for strengthening the party. They urged party leadership to utilise their experience for revival of the lost glory of the party in the province.

Published in Dawn, December 27th, 2024