The PPP and its leadership will continue to uphold supremacy of parliament and the constitution and will continue its struggle for building a modern, egalitarian and pluralistic society in which everyone is allowed to shape his or her own destiny – the values for which our great leader, Benazir Bhutto, stood and fought for and when the time came even laid down her life for it, President Asif Ali Zardari stated in a message on Thursday, the 59th birth anniversary of Benazir Bhutto.
President Zardari and Polio Ambassador Aseefa Bhutto Zardari donated blood in the Presidency. Spokesman to the President Farhatullah Babar said the 21st day of June each year was celebrated by the workers and the leadership of the Pakistan People’s Party, commemorating the valiant struggle of Benazir Bhutto against extremism, militancy, dictatorship and exploitation of the most vulnerable segments of society and paying tribute to their leader and other martyrs of the country by donating their blood in the country wide blood donation campaign launched by the party.
The president in his message said Benazir was the only leader who rightly comprehended the threat that was being posed to the very fabric of our society. She led from the front the battle for democracy against all sorts of bonapartes and extremists. She believed in a moderate and pluralistic Pakistan where ballot determined the ultimate choice of the people and where the House elected by the people representing their will was supreme. She also fought courageously against the militants and extremists bent upon forcing their ideological agenda on the people through brute force, the president said. He said her clarion call to stand up against extremism, dictatorship and to banish poverty and ignorance is our road map to make Pakistan a modern and pluralistic state. The president, on this day, has also asked the party workers to donate blood for all those who have also shed their blood or suffered otherwise for Pakistan. PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and PPP Vice Chairman Yousaf Raza Gilani also donated blood at Naudero House, Larkana. The blood collections are sent to hospitals to be used by those valiant sons of the soil who sustain injuries in their fight against militants and extremists.