INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Bilawal, Zardari pledge to pursue Benazir's dream for egalitarian, democratic PakistanKARACHI: Pakistan Peoples
Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that his prime task was to achieve the unfinished mission left behind by his mother and
former Prime Minister Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto for a Pakistan, which shines on the globe as an egalitarian, democratic, strong and prosperous
Muslim nation.In his message on the 65th birthday of Benazir Bhutto being celebrated on Thursday, the PPP chairman said as a mother she
brave resistance to the dictatorial forces and their henchmen has become a permanent source of inspiration and pride for the generations to
come.Paying rich tributes to the slain premier, he said that she had initiated eradication of polio from Pakistan in 1994 and currently the
deadly disease was very close to extinction in the country
She also started major steps for empowerment of women and established First Women Bank, separate police stations for women and created a
mechanism for economic empowerment of women and their protection.Bilawal also pointed out that Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto launched
ballistic missile programme to strengthen the defence system of the country besides carrying out several giant efforts for increasing the
revenue generation at both federal and provincial levels.He said that PPP has achieved the dream of Benazir Bhutto by restoring the 1973
Constitution in its original shape in 2010 through consensus to ensure provincial autonomy and devolution of powers.He pledged that PPP will
continue its struggle for achieving the mission of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and was confident that people of Pakistan would vote his
The Party reiterates its commitment to fight the bigots, obscurantist, male chauvinists and the self styled custodians of religion and
of full support in their struggle against all forms of exploitation, discrimination and violence.Zardari also called for gender equality
in her footsteps, laid down their lives or suffered in the course of democratic struggle and in fighting militants and regressive
