PPP Parliamentary board meeting for Azad Kashmir elections held

Islamabad: A meeting of the Parliamentary Board for Azad Jammu and Kashmir Elections, set up by Chairman Pakistan People’s Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was held, chaired by Ms. Faryal Talpur at Zardari House, Islamabad on 20 May 2021. All members of the board including PPP Secretary General Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari, former Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Chaudhry Latif Akbar, Chaudhry Abdul Majeed and Faisal Rathore attended the meeting.

Addressing the meeting, Ms. Faryal Talpur, the central leader, Pakistan Peoples Party and Central President Women’s Wing, said that PPP is the only party whose chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is raising the voice of Kashmiris for their right of self determination. She said that if there was a PPP government in Pakistan, then India would not have the courage to oppress the people of occupied Kashmir. Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had said that Kashmir is ours and we will fight for it for a hundred years. Ms. Faryal Talpur said that Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto had given a clear message to India by including the delegation of occupied Jammu and Kashmir in the UN General Assembly. She said that Ms. Benazir Bhutto highlighted the Kashmir cause at the international level. Because of her leadership, other members of the British Parliament, including Mr Galloway, continued to raise their voices for the independence of occupied Kashmir.

Ms. Talpur said that it was unfortunate that after the overthrow of the government of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in 1996, the Kashmir issue was put on hold and a campaign of character assassination was launched against the British MP Mr. Galloway causing damage to Kashmir cause. Ms. Faryal Talpur said that President Asif Ali Zardari also highlighted the Kashmir issue at the international level and the parliamentary delegations of Pakistan kept raising their voice for occupied Kashmir at the international level. Ms. Faryal Talpur said that self determination is a democratic and fundamental right of Kashmiris.

Now the only ray of hope for Kashmiris is PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari who is the political successor of Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is raising his voice for the right of Kashmiris for self determination. Ms. Faryal Talpur said that elected Prime Minister Imran Khan has sacrificed Kashmir for the love of Modi.

Ms. Faryal Talpur directed the leadership of PPP Azad Jammu and Kashmir to deliver the message of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari by knocking at the door of every house in Azad Kashmir. The people of Kashmir will not disappoint Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. The failed foreign policy of the present government has encouraged Modi to commit atrocities in occupied Kashmir. The list of candidates and recommendations for party tickets in the upcoming elections in the PPP Parliamentary Board will be presented to Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and he will make the final decision, she said.