Bhutto’s 77th Birthday
Celebrated in California
By Dr. Shakil A. Rai Corona California:
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s 77th
birthday was celebrated by the leaders and workers of Pakistan Peoples
Party, West Coast Branch USA, in Corona on January 16. The event
organized by Mr. Farhan Shafiq, was celebrated at the newly opened
office of the party. Speaking on the occasion chief guest Mr. Rashid
Ghaznavi, Vice President Pakistan Peoples Party USA, highlighted the
services and sacrifices of Mr. Bhutto in the service of Pakistan and
its masses. If Pakistan is a proud nuclear power today it is because
of the vision of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
He gave the first unanimously adopted constitution of to the country
which, despite violations of its sanctity, continues to hold the
country together and provides the basic law of the land. Mr. Sani
Panhwar of the Sindh Association of North America (SANA) and a
prominent local PPP leader stressed the need for restoration of real
democracy as envisioned under the supreme law of the land. He called
for representation of all political forces in the democratic process,
return of all political leaders to Pakistan without fear of
persecution, and restoration of provincial autonomy according to the
Constitution 0f 1973.
Other speakers recalled the services of late ZA Bhutto who stood for
the rights of the dispossessed, organized the 2nd Islamic Summit,
endeavored to unite the Third World leadership, and built an
impregnable defense of Pakistan by starting its nuclear program
despite all opposition. Speakers also called for the restoration of
the 1973 Constitution in its original form to guarantee the supremacy
of the parliament and the rule of law. The celebrations started with
Tilawat-e-Qur’an-e-Paak, followed by tributes to the founding father
of the Peoples Party. Prominent among the speakers were: Mr. Adnan
Shafiq, Mr. Rashid Ghaznavi, Mr. Farhan Shafiq, Mr. Nazir Bhurgri, Mr.
Sohail Parekh, Mr. Taufiq Shah, Mr. Rehan Shafiq, Mr. Khalid Fareed,
Dr. Khalid Memon, and Mr. Farooq.
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