Daily Times

A key meeting held at her residence under the chairmanship of senior Pakistan Peoples Party leader Ms. Faryal Talpur, during which preparations for the jalsa (gathering) scheduled to be held in Hyderabad on April 18 were finalized.

The meeting was also attended by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, PPP central leader Makhdoom Jamil-uz-Zaman, PPP Sindh President Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, Interior Minister Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar, Provincial Ministers Ali Hassan Zardari and Muhammad Ali Malkani, as well as Special Assistant Qasim Naveed Qamar. Other attendees included Sohail Anwar Sial, Rafiq Ahmed Jamali, Shafqat Shah Sherazi, Riaz Shah Sherazi, Sikandar Shoro, Pir Mujeeb, and Rawal Sharjeel Memon.

The meeting reviewed in detail the preparations and arrangements for the gathering scheduled to be held at Hattri Ground Hyderabad on April 18. It was informed in the meeting that the people of Hyderabad Division will participate in the rally in large numbers. Addressing the meeting, Faryal Talpur stated that the rally will take place at 6 PM at Hattri Ground, Hyderabad, under the leadership of Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. She said that this grand rally would serve as a public referendum against the ongoing projects on the Indus River. Every child of Sindh will heed the call of Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and participate in the rally.

Faryal Talpur made it clear that the Indus River is our lifeline, and if its water is diverted elsewhere, Sindh will become barren. She emphasized that the PPP does not accept any form of engineering on the Indus River and that the distribution of water must be carried out with complete transparency in accordance with the 1991 agreement.