PPP leaders finalise preparations for April 18 Jalsa in Hyderabad

A meeting was held under the chairmanship of senior Pakistan Peoples Party leader Faryal Talpur on Monday to review preparations for the PPP's Jalsa (public meeting) scheduled to be held in Hyderabad on April 18.

The meeting was also attended by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, PPP central leader Makhdoom Jamil-uz-Zaman, Sindh PPP President Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, Sindh Senior Minister for Information Sharjeel Inam Memon, Home Minister Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar, provincial ministers Ali Hassan Zardari and Muhammad Ali Malkani, as well as Special Assistant Qasim Naveed Qamar. Other attendees included PPP leaders Sohail Anwar Sial, Rafiq Ahmed Jamali, Shafqat Shah Sherazi, Riaz Shah Sherazi, Sikandar Shoro, Pir Mujeeb, and Rawal Sharjeel Memon.

The meeting reviewed in detail the preparations and arrangements for the gathering scheduled to be held at Hattri Ground Hyderabad on April 18. It was noted that the people of Hyderabad Division will participate in the rally in large numbers.

Addressing the meeting, Faryal Talpur stated that the rally would take place at 6pm under the leadership of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. She said that this grand rally would serve as a public referendum against the ongoing irrigation projects on the Indus River. Every child of Sindh will pay attention to the call of Chairman Bilawal and participate in the rally.

Faryal Talpur made it clear that the Indus River is our lifeline, and if its water is diverted elsewhere, Sindh will become barren. She emphasised that the PPP wouldn't accept any form of engineering on the Indus River and that the distribution of water must be carried out with complete transparency under the 1991 Water Accord.