PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Labour Minister and Chief Coordinator of PPP for FATA Sher Azam Wazir said on Monday that PPP will fully participate in the general election and ticket would be awarded on the basis of merit.
Talking to a representative delegation of FR Darra Adam Khel and FR Peshawar led by Malik Firdous Khan Afridi and Malik Jahanzeb Khan Afridi here the minister said that the time of political jugulars contested election in past on power of money has been gone and people would reject them in the upcoming polls.
He said Pakistan Peoples Party has always been victimised in the past referring to the landmark decision of the Supreme Court in Asghar Khan case. He said it has been admitted during the proceedings of the case that the general election in 1990 was rigged to defeat the PPP.
He said that PPP was always emerged victorious from every difficult situation and would give tough time to opposition in the upcoming poll.
He said that focus would be made on speedy development of FATA and Frontier Regions if elected again. He said he would contest next election on NA-47 and vowed to remove the long deprivation of tribal people. He said PPP was making all-out efforts to live up to the expectations of the people and provide them maximum relief adding PPP leadership had always considered workers as real assets and held their sacrifices in high esteem.
He said PPP was custodian of people rights and democracy as it leadership had sacrificed their lives but never compromise on rights of masses and principles.
He said PPP is the most popular political party of the country and has strong roots in masses in the all four federating units, Gilgit Baltistan and AJK.
The situation demands from workers to show unity and inform masses about the major achievements of the elected government and work tirelessly for strengthening of democracy in the country, he remarked.
On this occasion Malik Jahanzeb Khan and Malik Hazrat Gul Afridi assured full support to the minister.
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