Pakistan People’s Party Co-chairman and President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari will address “a mammoth public gathering” at the Bhutto’s hometown Naudero on December 27 on the occasion of the party’s assassinated leader Benazir Bhutto’s fourth death anniversary.
Party sources said that it will be President Zardari’s first public appearance and political speech after his return to the country late on Sunday night after spending around two weeks in Dubai.
The president has meanwhile re-started his political activities with an overnight meeting with Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad. Pictures of the meeting released by the authorities show Zardari healthy and normal.
Party sources said Zardari will stay in Karachi for around a week and will resume work at the Presidency in Islamabad after a week’s rest. They said Zardari will go to Naudero, Larkana to attend the fourth death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto.
During his stay in Karachi, he is expected to hold political meetings with PPP leaders and allies. He will listen to and resolve issues being faced by the MQM and PML-Q regarding the coalition set up. Allies, including PML-Q leaders, are said to have reservations about ministries and issues regarding the local government system in Sindh.
Zardari returned a few hours before PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif started his three-day visit to Karachi o overshadow the significance of Nawaz’s visit. The week will see important political leaders in Karachi with political campaigning between President Zardari, Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif under way. PPP, PML-N and PTI leaders have hired and encroached on a number of billboards, especially those on Shahrah-e-Faisal.
Zardari to break silence on December 27
