Thursday, 30th November, 2017: Commemorating the 50 years of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Senator Sehar Kamran (TI) felicitated the nation and said today is a historical day as we celebrate the golden jubilee of Pakistan’s biggest political party. Founded on 30th November, 1967 by Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, she said the PPP was born as a vehicle for revolution during a period of immense darkness, to counter a dictatorship that was sucking the lifeblood of our beloved homeland.
Senator Kamran said for half a century now, PPP has been the torch bearer for advancing civic and social reforms. She said it was the first democratic party to successfully resist the martial law and introduce democratic norms in Pakistan, setting a precedence for others parties to follow. She stated that it is unprecedented for a political party in Pakistan to survive for 50 years with its founding ideology intact, in true letter and spirit, thereby becoming a true symbol of the federation. She said PPP rose to power in a short span of time as the party of the ‘common man’ and a voice for the voiceless.
Senator Sehar Kamran paid glowing tributes to Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shahhed, and the current leadership of Former President Asif Ali Zardari and Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, and said the workers and leaders of the PPP will continue to carry forward the torch that was lit fifty years ago. PPP is an idea that will continue to live forever as you can remove the soul out of a jiyala but you cannot remove a jiyala from the soul, she added.