HALA: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), observed the second death anniversary of senior politician and former president of the PPP Makhdoom Amin Fahim on Monday.
To honour the veteran politician’s services and life, special prayers have been arranged for the deceased in his native town Hala in Matiari, Sindh.
PPP Patron-in-Chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressed the main ceremony being held in Hala.
In his address, Bilawal remembered the late politician and said that PPP can never forget Makhdoom Amin Faheem.
Bilawal also spoke of the party’s mandate and future plans and lauded the Sindh government focusing on the health care of people, adding that, “A trauma centre will be built in the Civil Hospital (Karachi).”
Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah and Faryal Talpur also addressed the ceremony before him.
A documentary chronicling the life and services of the Amin Fahim was also screened at the event.
The event was followed by a ceremony to lay the foundation for the Makhdoom Muhammed Zaman Talab-ul-Maula Medical College and teaching hospital. This was carried out by Bilawal Bhutto.
Makhdoom Amin Fahim was born in 1939 on the 4th of August in Hala, district Matiari. Amin Fahim, a close aide of the Late Benazir Bhutto, contested elections 8 times between 1977 and 2013. During the first tenure of Benazir, Amin Fahim served as Federal Information Minister between 1988 and 1990.
After the 2008 elections, Amin Fahim was given the portfolio of Federal Minister for Trade and Industries.
Makhdoom Amin Fahim was a PPP loyalist who never left the party from the first days of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto till the time of his death when Bhutto’s grandson Bilawal took over the affairs of the party.
