KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is all set to observe the 15th death anniversary of its slain chairperson and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto at the Garhi Khuda Bakhsh mausoleum today.
According to details gathered by MM News, the Jalsa proceedings of the anniversary will start at 1.00 pm, and that there will be a public meeting to be addressed by the Chairman of PPP and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Syed Yousif Raza Gilani, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah and Central leaders of PPP at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto.
Some 8140 police personnel have been deputed on the day to look after security of the former presidential camp in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh and Naudero.
About 30 SSPs and eight ASPs will be deployed to monitor the event as the district administration had installed over 150 CCTV cameras to supervise the public gathering from a control room set up in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh.
Extensive arrangements have been made to monitor the public gathering, while the venue is emblazoned with the PPP’s tri-colour, banners and lifesize portraits of party leaders. Tents have been pitched to accommodate caravans of workers and admirers of the Bhutto family that are pouring in from all around the country to participate in the event.
Minister of Labor and Manpower Sindh and President PPP Karachi Division Saeed Ghani sent convoys of some 150 buses from Karachi to Larkana Garhi Khuda Bakhsh on Monday to participate in the 15th anniversary of martyred Benazir Bhutto.
In Larkana, the day will dawn with Quran Khawani at the mausoleum and as per programme a musharia will also be held on the occasion to pay poetic homage to Benazir Bhutto.
Medical camps were established at the sides of the main pindal.
In Larkana city, PPP’s welcome camps were established where the workers were playing Benazir Bhutto’s old recorded speeches.
