PPP to continue struggle for GB’s constitutional rights: Bilawal
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GILGIT: Chairman Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari reiterated that his party would continue struggle for protecting constitutional rights of Gilgit Baltistan and take up its issues at all relevant forums.
Talking to media persons, the PPP chairman said former president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari granted powers to GB through a presidential ordinance but successive government paid no heed and the region was neglected in mega project.
He added the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) had paramount importance for the Gilgit Baltistan.
He said that PPP was the single party which had always raised voice for rights of the poor and added that government had also increased quota for GB students in educational institutions of Sindh.
He vowed the PPP would continue protecting gifts which Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhuto and Bibi Shaheed showered on the GB, be these were in the shape of subsidy on wheat or right to ownership or right to sovereignty.
Expressing gratitude to the people of the GB on hospitality during his stay, the PPP Chairman said that he got love and affection to the region in legacy from his mother.
APP
