Hyderabad (PR) Pakistan Peoples Party Sindh President, Nisar Ahmed Kuhro, has said that PPP is going to organize a large public meeting on October 18, 2024, at Hatri Bypass in Hyderabad to pay tribute to the martyrs of the Karsaz tragedy.
Khuhro stated this on Friday while chairing an important meeting of the PPP Karachi Division. The meeting discussed the preparations for the forthcoming Jalsa of PPP in Hyderabad to commemorate the anniversary of the Karsaz tragedy.
The PPP Sindh President told participants of the meeting that the People’s Party emerged as the majority party in the last local government and general elections in Karachi and Hyderabad.
He recalled that innocent citizens had been martyred in Karachi both on May 12 and October 18, 2007. He said the Peoples Party had gained popularity in every part of Karachi. He said the candidates belonging to the PPP had won the last local government elections in 104 union committees in the city. He added that the chairmen belonging to the PPP are present in 13 out of 25 town municipal corporations in Karachi.
Khuhro told participants of the meeting that elected representatives of the PPP were also present in the cantonment areas of Karachi.
He said the public meeting would be held in Hyderabad to commemorate the anniversary of the Karsaz tragedy this year. The public meeting will begin at 3 pm.
Speaking on the occasion, PPP Karachi President and Sindh Local Government Minister, Saeed Ghani, said that a large number of office-bearers and activists of the Peoples Party would attend the public meeting in Hyderabad.
He told participants of the meeting that the protest demonstrations would be held under the aegis of the PPP Karachi Division in every UC in the city on October 7 to show solidarity with the oppressed people of Palestine.
He said the activists and supporters of the PPP would gather on the evening of October 17 at the Karsaz tragedy monument on Sharea Faisal to pray for the departed souls of the people who had lost their lives in the Karsaz tragedy and also light clay lamps in their memory.
Ghani told the participants of the meeting that committees at the divisional and district level had been formed to finalise arrangements for the upcoming Jalsa in Karachi.
PPP Sindh General Secretary and Special Assistant to Sindh Chief Minister, Waqar Mehdi, said the PPP would hold a historical public gathering in Hyderabad in memory of its workers who had lost their lives in the Karsaz tragedy.
He said the PPP’s workers and supporters from Karachi in overwhelming numbers had always participated in gatherings and events of the party anywhere in the country.