Pak Sarzameen Party Chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal on Sunday announced to kick off campaign for the local bodies elections 2020, vowing to give considerable number of seats to female candidates of his party. Addressing his party's first-ever women's grand rally at Al-Farooq Ground in Nazimabad, Kamal said that PSP [if comes into power] will introduce legislations to give 40 percent representation to females in the assemblies, besides providing them with loans to set up domestic industries under the pattern of neighbor Bangladesh.
Kamal said PSP government will provide free transport for women. PSP's Sunday rally saw participation of tens of thousands of women representing all ages. Kamal was of the view that the smaller provinces are being neglected by the federation and Punjab province. "Whoever wins Punjab, wins Pakistan," Kamal said adding once a Prime Minister is elected from Punjab, he has no sympathy for small provinces including the Sindh Balochistan. He just visits these provinces to meet the victims of blasts and floods. "I being a proud Muhajir consider my Sindhi brothers the Ansaar to my community." They followed the Prophet's PBUH Sunnah by greeting our ancestors after the independence of the country, wholeheartedly.
He warned that the Muhajir card will be played again on the eve of local bodies elections. Sindh can never be separated. He said those who are bent open dividing Sindh have no guts to separate even a single lane from Karachi. "Those who are drunk at night cannot do so."
MQM and PPP both have been the beneficiaries of Sindhi Muhajir card for the last three decades. But, the fact is, neither MQM represents Muhajir nor PPP represent Sindhis. "No one can snatch the Ansar status from the Sindhis." he said.
"Some elements calling me as traitor for the reason I reconnected people and restore peace after a decades-long violence and bloodshed in Karachi." PSP chief said. The real traitor is sitting in London, who killed Dr Imran Farooq, and Azam Tariq, he alleged. The traitor is he who seeks asylum from Indian Premier Modi. Kamal went on saying the traitors are the ones who are still sucking the blood of the Muhajir. "I have witnessed scenes in Karachi that there were no men available to lift the bodies of the youths laying on the city roads and streets. Their funerals were offered by the women.
With the emergence of PSP in the political sphere of the country, Kamal said the children of Muhajir stopped falling prey to the violence. Today, children are alive and happy with their families.
He asked women to raise their voice for the betterment of the city. "A woman is an institution, and she has to contribute her due role for the greater good of this nation, and their own generations." he said. Highlighting the poor performance of Sindh Government, he said that people and animals drink water from same place in Sindh. Seven million children are out of school. Kids are dying due to lack of medicines and malnutrition in the province.
Earlier, carrying national flags and chanting slogans, the PSP women workers and supporters of all ages thronged the venue in form of rallies from their respective neighborhoods. The city roads, streets, roundabouts, markets, etc were decorated with colorful PSP flags besides banners inscribed slogans of women's dignity and rights. "Bashaoor Aurat, Bashaoor Pakistan" reads a banner displayed at the venue. Security arrangements were also ensured with deployment of the police and paramilitary rangers besides the smartly turned out female guards of PSP around the venue of the procession.
The party president Anis Kaim Khani said "PSP owns Karachi," This historic women rally has proved Syed Mustafa Kamal as true leader who can steer this biggest city of the country out of crisis. He said the ruling federal and provincial governments are indifferent towards the resolution of public issues and they are fast loosing popularity amongst the masses. Today PSP has emerged as popular political force and workers from various parties are joining it overwhelmingly.
A PSP supporter said that this 'historic' rally will surely mark the beginning of a new era of Karachi, Sindh, and Pakistan's politics. The women represent the family, and tomorrow more than thousands of families will pledge support to PSP. Women participation in politics has always played a great role. Reform of Pakistan in 1947 where Fatima Jinnah had an active participation in the political sphere and that had been an inspiration to all women in Pakistan." said another supporter. PSP leader Asia Ishaq said "Today, strong & enlightened women of Karachi, Pakistan are getting together to tell the entire world that the hand that rocks a cradle rules the world. Yes we [PSP] can, yes we will."
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