Showing Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) resolve for creating Seraiki province, former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday that his party will not inch back from its stated position on the province.
Gilani said this while talking to a delegation of Seraikistan National Council (SNC) that called on him at Gilani house.
On the occasion, he said that the PPP had given identification to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and now it would give Seraiki people their identity.
He said that it was an important issue for them, adding that they would never surrender their geographical and cultural identity.
He thanked the delegation for showing concern on the abduction of his son Ali Haider Gilani on 9th May from Farrukh Town of Matital area.
SNC delegation demanded prompt arrest of the accused involved in Haider’s abduction.
SNC also invited the former prime minister to attend a solidarity conference to be held on 6th July at Multan Press Club in this connection.
The delegation comprised of Prof Shaukat Mughal, Zahoor Dhareja, Haji Hameed-u-Din Ansari and Shahid Hameed Ansari.
PPP not go back on Seraiki province promise: Gilani
