Downfall of PPP

Sir: General Ziaul Haq, who was selected by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) as the Chief of Army Staff while ignoring eight Generals, rejected the mercy petition and implemented the judicial murder of Bhutto on April 4, 1979. Why did Bhutto, a very intelligent politician, appoint a cunning, bigoted General? Bhutto no doubt gave the ordinary people awareness of the vote’s importance. But after winning the first election, he changed his party’s commitment to socialism and allowed feudals to join the PPP. The 1977 election was rigged, which provided an opportunity to anti-people forces to join hands and with the help of the army chief, who was a follower of Jamaat-e-Islami, topple his government. The poor people are still committed to the PPP that it will provide them Roti (bread), Kapra (clothing) and Makaan (house). However, after the murder of Benazir Bhutto, when her husband took over the party and ruled the country for five years, the PPP became a regional party and it is no more the party of the poor. I am sure Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto must be turning in their graves to see the present status of the PPP. The Government of Sindh is shameless in spending taxpayers’ money on full page advertisements and special reports in connection with the death anniversary of ZAB. Why did it not use party funds when most of its leaders are billionaires including its co-Chairman Asif Zardari? I think Bilawal Bhutto has rightly decided to not become a leader of old, incompetent, impotent, corrupt leaders who are responsible for destroying his grandfather and mother’s party, for which they paid a heavy price by sacrificing their lives.
ENGINEER S T HUSSAIN
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