LARKANA: The central executive committee (CEC) of the
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), which met at Naudero House on Tuesday,
called for constituting a commission on missing persons and also a truth
and reconciliation commission to “correct history”.
PPP
chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari
jointly presided over the meeting which stretched over three sessions,
party leaders Nayyar Bukhari, Farhatullah Babar and Chaudhry Manzoor
said while briefing media after the meeting.
According
to them, the meeting resolved that the PPP would oppose any
unconstitutional step and called for holding general elections on time.
At the same time, it asked courts to take notice of Nawaz Sharif’s talk
against the judiciary.
Warns against any ‘unconstitutional move’
The CEC expressed concern over the court verdict in the
Benazir Bhutto murder case and decided to effectively plead the review
petition filed in court.
Retired General Pervez
Musharraf should return to the country and face the charges against him
in the Benazir Bhutto murder case and over violation of the
Constitution, instead of blaming others, the meeting said.
The
PPP leaders said the meeting extensively discussed a roadmap for the
party and resolved that the PPP was ready to contest general elections
and fight against its adversaries.
The meeting also
decided that the party chairman Mr Bhutto-Zardari would embark upon a
countrywide tour and address public meetings under a mass contact
programme. The tour will start from Sindh and will take the young Bhutto
to southern and central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and finally end
at Balochistan.
The meeting rejected US move to
recognise Al Quds / Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and called for
resolving the Kashmir issue in the light of United Nations resolutions.
Expressing
concern over the ongoing protest and unrest in Gilgit-Baltistan, the
PPP CEC called for granting constitutional rights to the people of the
region. It also supported the merger of the Federally Administrated
Tribal Areas with KP.
The meeting paid tribute to the
army jawans and civilians for the sacrifices they have offered during
the fight against terrorism and urged the government to implement the
National Action Plan in letter and in spirit.
It
expressed concern over the reports that banned (militant) organisations
were working with new names and opposed the efforts to bring outlawed
outfits into the mainstream.
The CEC decided that Asif Zardari would lead a PPP delegation in the multi-party conference convened by Dr Tahirul Qadri.
The
meeting paid tribute to the services and sacrifices of Benazir Bhutto
for democracy. The participants said the struggle and sacrifices of
Benazir Bhutto had been internationally appreciated and the Oxford
University had introduced a fellowship on the slain leader.
Speaking
at the meeting, Mr Bhutto-Zardari expressed concern over ‘handmade’
economic conditions under which the government had secured more than
Rs40 billion loans and said the dollar’s value had come down in the
local market that would in future cast impact on the common man.
