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Thursday October 24, 2024

President calls for pursuing Nusrat Bhutto’s mission

President, said this in his message on 13th death anniversary of Madar-e-Jamhuriat Nusrat Bhutto

By APP
October 24, 2024
President Asif Ali Zardari inspecting the guard of honour at Islamabads Aiwan-e-Sadr on March 11, 2024. — X@PresOf Pakistan
President Asif Ali Zardari inspecting the guard of honour at Islamabad's Aiwan-e-Sadr on March 11, 2024. — X@PresOf Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday urged the countrymen to pursue late Nusrat Bhutto’s mission of public welfare and strengthening of democracy in the country.

The president, in his message on the 13th death anniversary of the Madar-e-Jamhuriat (Mother of Democracy) Nusrat Bhutto, called for following her ideology as a role model to strengthen democracy.

Paying tribute to late Nusrat Bhutto’s great political services and struggle against the dictator for the restoration of democracy and people’s rights, the president said that she played a leadership role for the Pakistan People’s Party in difficult times.

He lauded late Nusrat Bhutto’s sacrifices for democracy and said that she bravely faced the tyranny of the dictatorial regime.

“Begum Nusrat Bhutto is the Mother of Democracy and a symbol of determination and courage.

She was an intellectual and visionary politician,” President Zardari said and also recalled her remarkable role in the empowerment of women and their involvement in politics.