PPP Manshoor

Towards peace and

prosperity in Pakistan

P a k i s t a n   P e o p l e s   P a r t y

Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto,

Founder Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party,

President and Prime Minister of Pakistan

PART I 
PREAMBLE
Basic Principles of the Party
State of the Nation
What is to be done?
Why Choose the PPP?
The Mission Before Us
PART II GROWTH WITH EQUITY
Rapid Economic Growth
Combating Unemployment
Targeted Poverty Programme
Just Labour Policies
Private Sector as Engine of Growth
Accelerating Agricultural and Rural Growth
Ensuring Water Security
Ensuring Energy Infrastructure
Fisheries
Growth-Inducing Transport Infrastructure Development
PART III MEETING BASIC NEEDS
Education
Health of the Nation
Census
Human Settlements
Housing Policy
Empowerment of Women
Human Rights
Minorities
Information and Media
Information and Communication Technologies
Science and Technology
Culture
Environment
PART IV GOOD GOVERNANCE
Magna Carta of Pakistan
Provincial Autonomy
Local Government
Civil Service Reforms
Police Reforms
Prison Reforms
Rule of Law
Judicial Reforms
FATA Reforms
Northern Areas
PART V PAKISTAN AND THE WORLD
Self-Determination
Kashmir
Relations with India
Afghanistan
Terrorism
Defence
PART VI CONCLUSION: TOWARDS A NEW PAKISTAN

PART I

PREAMBLE
This Manifesto is our sacred pledge to the people of Pakistan, and most importantly to the children
of Pakistan who are our future.
Pakistan faces a choice between Quaid-e-Azam’s vision of a vibrant, tolerant and strong federation,
and obscurantism and fragmentation
Pakistan faces a choice between Quaid-e-Awam’s dream of a just society, and growing inequalities
Pakistan faces a choice between hope and despair
Pakistan faces a choice between strength and uncertainty
Pakistan faces a choice between moving forward and looking back
Pakistan faces a choice between progress for all and prosperity for a few
We choose Quaid-e-Azam’s vision of tolerance, vibrance and harmony among provinces
We choose Quaid-e-Awam’s dream of a just society
We chose hope
We chose strength
We choose moving forward
We choose progress for all
Basic Principles of the Party
The first principle of the Party is: Islam is our
Faith. Islam teaches brotherhood, love and peace.
Our Faith places a responsibility on each citizen
to reach out in a spirit of accommodation and
tolerance to all religions and sects and to treat
people of all faiths with respect, enabling them
to enjoy religious freedom and equality before
the law.
The message of Islam is the message of Peace. It
is a message of brotherhood and tolerance. These
are symbolised in the words and verses of Data
Sahib, Shah Abdul Latif of Bhittai, Baba Farid
Ganj Shakar and Lal Shahbaz Qalander.
The sufi saints adopted a life of simple living and
high thinking. It’s time we did the same.  By no
means did they use or preach the use of force.
The PPP commits itself to religious tolerance.
Religious beliefs of individual citizens have little
to do with the business of the state, as the Founder
of the Nation declared in his inaugural address
to the Constituent Assembly on 11 August 1947.
The second principle of the PPP is: Democracy
is our Politics. The PPP’s commitment to freedom
and fundamental rights, including freedom from
hunger and want, is written in the blood of its
martyrs and in the red marks of lashes on the
back of its workers. It is written in the suffering
and sacrifice of Quaid-e–Awam, who faced the
gallows refusing to bow before tyranny, defending
the human rights of our citizens to the last breath.
In every age, including today, the PPP leaders
and office bearers have been behind bars, in exile,
facing political persecution, defending their Party
at great personal cost to their families and
themselves.
The third PPP principle is: Social Democracy is
our Economy. The PPP aims at creating a just
and equitable society with equal opportunity for
all its citizens. The growing gap between the rich
and the poor must be bridged by supporting the
underprivileged, the downtrodden and the
discriminated. The PPP is proud of being the
voice of the poor, the working classes and the
middle classes. Our policies, while dedicated to
the underprivileged, created conditions that
enabled the business and trading classes to
compete in the open market. The Party will foster
a social market economy, a partnership of the
public and private sectors, predicated upon a
synthesis of economic liberalism with a strong
social democratic agenda of State responsibilities
for satisfying basic human needs: full
employment, national health, universal education,
water supply and sanitation.
The PPP reiterates its firm commitment to provide
Food, Clothing and Shelter (Roti, Kapra Aur
Makaan) to every poor family in Pakistan through
our unique emphasis on full employment. The
PPP is the only party with a coherent vision of a
welfare state for Pakistan where market forces
are balanced with safety nets for the
underprivileged and the poor.
The final principle of the PPP is All Power to the
People. Only the people have the right on earth
to determine their destiny and chart the course
of their Nation.  All organs of State must be
answerable to the Court of the people in an
election or through their legitimately elected
representatives in Parliament.
To the people of Pakistan we make the following
Promises:
• We Promise to rid Pakistan of violence, bigotry
and terror
• We Promise the youth of Pakistan gainful
employment, hope and opportunity
• We Promise to lower inflation
• We Promise to provide quality education and
health care, and clean drinking water,  to the
masses
• We Promise to bring progress to the doorstep
of the workers, farmers and small
businesses
• We Promise to protect and support the
disadvantaged and the vulnerable
• We Promise to make Pakistan a businessfriendly country
• We Promise to give high priority to
empowerment of women and ensure their
equal rights
• We Promise to put Pakistan on a sustainable
high growth path
• We Promise to ensure sound macro-economic
policies
• We Promise to ensure a strong Defence
• We Promise to ensure that energy shortages
are eliminated
• We Promise to protect the Environment
• We Promise to ensure a world class irrigation
system and sound use of scarce water
• We Promise to enhance Provincial Autonomy
• We Promise to put in place a citizen-centric
government
• Finally, We Promise Good Governance
State of the Nation
Under the PPP Government, the country was
hailed as an emerging capital market of the world.
Since the dismissal of the PPP Government in
1996, Pakistan has been associated with terrorism,
militancy and extremism. The crisis that began
with the dismissal of the PPP government can
only end with the return of the PPP, and through
the masses, to government.
During the first Decade of the 21st Century, the
country has suffered:
• Dangerous increase in terrorism and suicide
bombings
• Very high levels of poverty, unemployment,
and inflation
• Failed poverty reduction program, and severe
exclusion of poor from the benefits of growth
and progress
• Undermined national integration with the
increased level of discord among Provinces
• Abuse of institutions and the judiciary
• Obscurantism and hate among religious and
ethnic groups
• Huge power shortages and increasing water
scarcity
• Increasing crime and suicides
The present regime has eroded all national
institutions. Its repression and oppression have
created a culture of lawlessness and tyranny,
inflicting misery in the lives of the people of
Pakistan. There is no justice for the weak and the
poor. The youth are unemployed, the farmers
neglected, labour retrenched, stock markets
manipulated, public sector units plundered,
national resources squandered, the media
muzzled, civil society attacked, judiciary crushed,
and political leaders exiled, imprisoned and
maligned.
Different areas of the country have been parcelled
out to violent militant groups whose influence
is spreading like a cancer throughout society.
To stop the slide into lawlessness, extremism,
anarchy, chaos, poverty and hunger, the
restoration of genuine democracy, through free
and fair elections is essential. The PPP symbolises
the empowerment of the people of Pakistan.
The PPP governments served the people. The
World praised its energy program as a model for
the developing countries. The World Health
Organisation gave the PPP government a Gold
Medal in recognition of its contribution to the
health of its people. The International Labour
Organisation noted that the largest job-generation
in the history of Pakistan took place under the
PPP.
As the voice of the people, the PPP is viewed
with hostility by the anti-people forces who have
rigged elections and destabilized governments
to seize power and exploit the People and the
Provinces of the country.
The social and living standards of the people are
pathetic. While poverty decreased under the PPP
government, poverty has increased over the years,
as reported by the Economic Survey of Pakistan
2007.
Quaid-e-Awam made education compulsory for
children, and built schools, colleges and
universities.  He took the literacy rate up to 26%
where it stagnated for a decade.  Then Mohtarma
Benazir Bhutto was elected and the literacy rate
doubled to over 50%.  After the dismissal of the
PPP government in 1996, education once again
stagnated.
What is to be done?
The PPP promises change through
• Employment
• Education
• Energy
• Environment
• Equality
The PPP believes in every individual’s right to
food, clothing, housing and an adequate
livelihood. Our commitment to the people of
Pakistan is that their basic rights are our
responsibility. The Party has, and will always,
strive for the rights of the People.
The PPP slogan is Ilm, Roshni Sab Ko Kaam, Roti
Kapra Aur Makaan, Maang Raha Hai Har Insaan.
Why choose the PPP?
It is not just an election between the PPP and
other parties. It is a clash of sharply competing
values and ideologies.
The PPP is a Party truly born out of the hearts
and minds of the workers, peasants, small
business, and the vast majority of citizens who
support the Islamic spirit of tolerance and social
justice, and not a Party that is born out of
backroom deals in agency offices.
We are the Party that derives its strength from
each and every section of a pluralistic society
We are the Party whose philosophy is rooted in
combining sustainable economic growth with
social justice
We are the Party that recognizes that this is a
moment to consolidate all the forces that subscribe
to the true spirit of Islam, and fundamental values
of federalism and democracy.
The Mission Before Us
The PPP’s mission is to transform the lives of our
people from one of despair and poverty into one
of hope and opportunity through employment,
education, energy, environment and equality.
We have a clear and coherent vision of what
needs to be done and will muster all the resources
to get it done.
We will take a new approach marked by a
determination to challenge the threats and not
ignore them.
We renew our commitment to build a hopeful
future for the poverty stricken.
We will strive for a Pakistan where all, rather
than some, live in comfort and plenty.
We will strive for a Pakistan where everyone is
included in the expanding circle of development.
We will, with vigour and determination, assure
basic needs for all citizens
We will strive to have a responsive, responsible
and representative government at all levels.
Social and Economic Justice is the defining
objective of the PPP’s policy framework. We will
reduce social and economic inequalities between
various classes, between Provinces, within
Provinces, and Genders, establishing a just society.
National policy frameworks have, to date,
accorded primacy to economic policy goals, with
social policy goals not pursued aggressively.
Even within economic policy-making,
Employment has not been a major objective.
Resultantly, social and human development
indicators have continued to lag behind woefully.
The very objective of Development has remained
unfulfilled.
The Pakistan Peoples Party proposes to reverse
the order of priorities; whereby social policy
objectives drive economic policy. Development
shall be measured in terms of the welfare of the
people, rather than in terms of financial statistics
that do not reflect the state of the nation.
Employment and Social and Human
Development shall be specific targets in policymaking and economic policy measures will be
geared to achieve social goals.
The twin menace of Inflation and Unemployment
are to be specifically tackled.
The PPP will help individuals set up small
businesses and provide the framework for a
vibrant middle class. It will address the basic
needs of low-income persons.

PART II

GROWTH WITH EQUITY
PPP governments since 1967 gave birth to boom
economies. In its last tenure, the PPP tripled
economic growth rates, doubled taxation receipts
and took agricultural growth rates from zero to
seven percent annually. It reduced the budget deficit
and paid off principal debt while investing in a
massive socio-economic program. The PPP, as a
modern and moderate Party, attracted four times
more direct private sector investment in three years
than all of Pakistan’s previous governments, creating
jobs and wealth for the people of Pakistan.
The PPP computerized the State Bank of Pakistan
and the Stock Market, introduced the National
Identity Cards scheme and deregulated,
decentralized and privatised the economy.
The PPP power projects and mass telephone system
enabled ordinary people to set up businesses when
previously power shutdowns and twenty year
delays for telephones prevented them from success
in private initiatives.
Open Minds, Open Markets, Open Opportunities
is our slogan as we change IOUs into MOUs. We
believe that markets, not missiles, are the measure
of might.
The PPP Government will accelerate growth, for
only with high growth can the social policy
objectives of poverty reduction and high
employment be achieved.
The key pillars of the equitable and pro-poor growth
agenda comprise: Rapid Economic Growth;
Combating Unemployment; Targeted Poverty
Programs; Just Labour Policies; Private Sector as
Engine of Growth; Accelerating Agricultural and
Rural Growth, and Ensuring Water Security and
Energy Infrastructure.
Rapid Economic Growth
PPP will be a fiscally responsible government,
ensuring that taxpayers get their full value for
the taxes they pay.
A Sound Debt Policy
We will ensure that we do not burden future
generations with excessive debt. With that in mind,
we will ensure that domestic and external debt is
maintained at sustainable levels.
PPP was the first government in the history of
Pakistan to retire Pakistan’s principal debt through
the proceeds of privatisation. The PPP will stop
raising domestic and foreign debt for wasteful
projects and use the fiscal space provided by the
rescheduling of loans and the international
assistance for fighting the war against terrorism for
the national benefit. Where needed, the PPP will
aggressively seek to use the fiscal space to retire
expensive domestic and foreign debt. The aim of
the PPP is to make Pakistan into a self respecting,
self reliant nation whose citizens are honoured
universally.
Containing Inflation
High Inflation is a major economic problem of
Pakistan, especially hurting the low income groups.
 At the macro level, containing inflation will be
achieved through prudent Monetary and Fiscal
Policies. In addition, the following specific measures
will be considered:
• Special steps to increase production of food
grains, including creating an enabling
environment so that greater private sector
credit flows towards these sectors.
• Enhancing competition, in both manufacturing
and domestic trade, and reducing supply chain
constraints so that costs of essential goods are
reduced. To this end, the Securities and
Exchange  Commission of Pakistan (SECP) will
be strengthened to unleash competitive forces,
and aggressively combat monopolies and
cartels
• Create effective institutions at Federal,
Provincial and District levels to monitor
supply positions of essential commodities to
ensure prompt remedial measures.
• Maintain strategic stocks of wheat and other
essential commodities to overcome shortages,
while ensuring that fiscal costs are manageable
and waste/corruption is eliminated.
Establishing a Fair Tax System
The Party is determined to overhaul the taxation
system and bring about changes which will lead
to fair practices, rational tax slab, curtailment of
discretionary powers and growth of business and
industry. The tax system will be made taxpayerfriendly so that voluntary compliance is enhanced.
The PPP commits itself to rationalizing the taxation
system so that the burden of tax on the poor and
low income groups is reduced, while at the same
time Tax/GDP ratio is increased. PPP recognizes
that Tax/GDP needs to be increased to provide
adequate resources for providing good quality
services to all people and for Pakistan to have the
necessary infrastructure to sustain high growth. To
that end, bold initiatives will be taken emphasising
better collection and expanding the tax net,
especially to those that can afford to pay.
Combating Unemployment
The PPP will put in place bold and innovative
programs to create jobs in the public and private
sector. PPP fully recognizes that high growth will
be the main driver of Full Employment. At the
same time, the PPP will establish programs to help
those who are unable to find gainful employment.
A four-pronged strategy will be used to provide
income earning opportunities to the poor as well
as unemployed youth.
The strategy comprises:
Public Works Programme (PWP)
A labour-intensive PWP will be put in place so that
there is guaranteed employment, of at least one
year, to one working member of the poorest 25 per
cent families of Pakistan.
The PWP will expand labour-intensive civil works
in infrastructure, sanitation, road works, water and
irrigation; with a view to providing large-scale
employment in rural
and urban areas.  These schemes will be communitydriven and managed.
Literacy and Health Corps (LHC)
Unemployment amongst educated youth has
assumed alarming proportions.  With twin
objectives of providing short-term employment to
educated youth, and to assist with social policy
goals, a Literacy and Health Corps Scheme will be
established. Under the scheme, there will be an
employment guarantee of two years to all youth
completing Intermediate, Graduation and PostGraduation in a given year. A large proportion of
the jobs will be in the social sectors (elementary
education and basic health-care) and will form part
of the PPP’s programme for the expansion of social
services.  This will constitute a basic literacy and
health corps in the service of the Nation.
Vocational Training
The PPP will put in place programs, which offer
the youth Vocational Education and Technical
Training in those service sectors where there is a
shortage in the market.

Microfinance
The PPP government under Mohtarma Benazir
Bhutto introduced microfinance institutions in
Pakistan to provide self employment. This
programme will be doubled. Appropriate microfinance policy and institutional reforms will be put
in place so that Commercial Banks, Micro-Finance
institutions and NGOs aggressively increase their
outreach to meet the goal of 5 million beneficiaries
on a sustainable basis.
Targeted Poverty Programs
The PPP is committed to assist those that are
bypassed by growth and development, especially
the vulnerable and disadvantaged. It will put in
place a comprehensive Targeted Anti-Poverty
Program, comprising the following strands:
• Conditional Cash Transfers, which transfer
cash subsidies to poor families in return for
sending children (especially girls) to school
and getting children inoculated.
• Strengthening and expansion of social
protection programs, such as Zakat, Social
Security, Baitul Mal, worker-retraining and
mobility
• Special Program for the least developed (lowest
50%) Districts to improve access to social
services
• The PPP will look after the senior citizens of
our land; amongst other measures, we will
provide financial support to all Senior Citizens
above the age of 65 years who have no source
of income.
• The PPP will establish a database of the poorest
25% of families, so that these programs can be
properly targeted.
Just Labour Policies
For high levels of Employment, equitable growth
is crucial and Pakistan needs to have a labour policy
that is in line with the ILO standards.
To protect the basic rights of workers, the PPP will
initiate the following policies:
• The Industrial Relations Ordinance 2002 will
be  reviewed to bring it in conformity with the
ILO Conventions, ratified by Pakistan, and
Fundamental Rights guaranteed by the
Constitution of Pakistan.
• The EOBI and other labour welfare programs
will be strengthened and Public-Private
Partnerships established, so that labour and
their families have access to quality education,
health care and affordable housing.
• Review of the President's Special Powers of
Removal from Service Ordinance 2000 with
regards to trade union activities.
• Elimination of child labour, forced labour and
bonded labour, and education and
rehabilitation of those children  once
withdrawn from the workplaces.
• Enforcement of statutory labour laws, through
effective inspection systems.
• Regularly holding National Tripartite Labour
Conference to formulate labour, economic and
social policies and to devise mechanisms for
their effective implementation with a view to
promoting social justice, decent work and raising
the dignity of labour.
• Developing a safety culture for making work
safe and prevention of accidents at workplaces
and occupational diseases of workers.
• Minimum wage will be enhanced to meet the
escalating needs of labour.
Private Sector as Engine of Growth
The PPP is committed to ensuring that Private
Sector and export-led development will be the main
engine of growth. The government will embark on
an aggressive Investment Climate Reforms
Programme to establish a favourable and enabling
environment so that all businesses, foreign and
domestic, flourish. The Party will improve the
investment climate especially for Small and MicroBusinesses, initiate programs to reduce cost of doing
business and increase Pakistan’s competitiveness,
streamline government business interface through
aggressive deregulation, and seek Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) in export manufacturing.
The Pakistan Peoples Party will confine the role of
the Public Sector in Health, Education and
Infrastructure.  The role of the State will be restricted
only to those areas where the Private Sector is not
forthcoming.
A special program will be developed to attract the
financial resources and special skills of Pakistani
Diaspora and overseas workers, with a view to
contribute to the national development efforts.
Privatisation was introduced by the first government
of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, elected in 1988.
This will be continued in a transparent manner,
ensuring that labour is a beneficiary of the process.
 The PPP will vigorously pursue a policy of
diversification of industrial exports and
manufactured products. The emphasis will be on
adding value to primary products and raw
materials. The PPP Government will provide
market-based and fiscally affordable incentives to
develop non-traditional exports.
We will also provide incentives to raise the level of
technology in our industries
An important pillar of our private sector
development will be an aggressive program to
foster and encourage Small and Medium Enterpries
(SMEs), recognizing that these provide the bulk of
employment. Programs and Policies will be put in
place to reduce the regulatory burden on SMEs and
enhance the voluntary flow of credit to these
businesses.
Accelerating Agriculture and Rural Growth
Agriculture is the mainstay of the National Economy
of Pakistan. As a farmer-friendly party, the PPP will
help farmers boost production and obtain fair prices.
Farmers got the best prices when the PPP was in
government. The key to agricultural exportable
surpluses is to augment the output per acre and
productivity per farmer
Aggressive Agriculture and Rural Development
will be another central pillar of our growth and
poverty reduction strategy.  Our efforts will be
focused on improving productivity and crop
diversification, agricultural markets and exports,
and special programs for small farmers to reduce
risks faced by them. Moreover, with advances in
technology the desert can be made green.
The Pakistani peasant, mired in poverty and debt
has to be rescued from the morass of despair by a
bold  policy which  ensures  that the private sector
provides key inputs and services  -such as credit,
fertilizer, pesticides, extension, marketing, seeds,
tractors-in a timely manner and at competitive
prices.
Special attention would be given to encouraging
Banks to expand rural lending, while maintaining
sound credit policies.
Special capacity-building programs for agricultural
support services will be put in place to revitalize
key institutions of research and extension.
A sustainable program of farm to market roads will
be put in place to ensure that perishable and
valuable agricultural products like fruits; vegetables
and milk can reach markets to enable better incomes
for farmers and for the benefit of urban consumers.
Peoples Party commits itself to providing all surplus
electric power during off peak hours for tube-wells
free of cost
Ensuring Water Security
The PPP government is committed to ensuring
water security for irrigation and availability of clean
drinking water
Pakistan is now a water scarce country. Scarcity
will increase with time, with a burgeoning
population and climate change. The PPP will put
in place a bold and comprehensive program to
ensure water security for future generations. Key
elements of the strategy would consist of: water
conservation, additional storages, farmer-managed
irrigation systems, rehabilitation of the ageing canal
and barrage system, an effective drainage system,
enhancing water productivity, strengthening water
rights and protecting the lower delta eco-systems.
In respect of the Arid Zones, a program will be
developed to harness water from rain and flash
floods, promote drip irrigation and crops that need
less water.
Clean drinking water is a basic need. The PPP shall
create a legal framework to ensure availability of
clean drinking water for all.
Ensuring Energy Infrastructure
The consumption of electricity is an index of
economic prosperity. Pakistan’s per capita electricity
consumption is about one tenth of the world
average. The last power station established in the
public sector was the PPP’s Ghazi Barotha 1450MW
hydro electric power project which went online in
2004. The PPP also obtained a 500 MW nuclear
power station at Chasma. The PPP government
inducted over 5000MW of private power generation,
ending shutdowns. Now Pakistan needs another
8000 MWs by 2010 to meet the energy requirements
of the people. This will be met by utilising coal,
solar, hydro and wind power.
The PPP is committed to establishing a
comprehensive and credible program that ensures
Energy Security and Adequacy of Supply. Key
elements would include: maximum use of
indigenous water and hydrocarbon resources,
energy conservation, proper pricing to ensure proper
use while protecting the life line consumers.
Specific actions and interventions will include
encouraging and attracting private sector energy
projects, fast tracking of exploration and
development of indigenous hydro carbon resources,
including the Thar coal project, accelerating
development of alternative energy, including wind
and solar energy, reviving the Keti Bunder project,
establishing an energy corridor from Central Asia
to Balochistan, and a sustainable program to bring
energy to the doorstep of the poor.
Fisheries
The PPP will establish programs that will provide
training and micro-credit facilities to the fisher folks
and ensure proper facilities, infrastructure to increase
export potential of this sector in keeping with
international standards.
Growth-Inducing Transport Infrastructure
Development
The PPP will develop and implement a national
transport development program, to sustain high
growth, improve access to rural areas and to reduce
internal logistics costs and downtime, especially
for exports. In particular, it would establish a world
class North South Transport corridor.

PART III

MEETING BASIC NEEDS
Empowerment and Social Change will be another
cornerstone of the PPP’s Agenda for change.
Using the full resources of the Government,
Private Sector and Community Organizations, a
social transformation program will be ushered.
Education
The Peoples Party built 48,000 schools in its two
tenures between 1988 to 1996; it recruited and
trained 100,000 teachers in three years alone,
thereby doubling literacy.
The PPP increased the education budget by many
billions in its last two recent tenures of power, a
testimony to the top priority it gives to education.
The PPP commits to its sons and daughters of
Pakistan an education system that enables a
brighter future than that of their parents so that
they can hold their heads high in the comity of
Nations.
Quaid-e-Awam introduced free and compulsory
primary education, promoted Centres of
Excellence, created Institutes of Science and
Technology and took Pakistan to the cutting edge
of Nuclear Physics, establishing centres of Nuclear
Medicine. He set up a chain of new Universities,
Medical and Engineering Colleges in the
neglected areas as a harbinger to a Muslim
Renaissance.
The PPP will focus on providing computers
progressively for every Secondary School and
College in Pakistan. The Party will install at least
one computer in each School so that the new
generation can enter the digital age.
To universalize basic education, every child in
government primary schools will be provided a
stipend.
Universal enrolment by 2015 of all children
between the ages of 5 to 10 is the target of the
Party.
The Pakistan Peoples Party believes in providing
quality higher education in all regions of Pakistan
through both Public and Private Sector Colleges,
Universities and Institutes. The quality of existing
Colleges and Universities will be improved and
the number of Public Universities and Colleges,
particularly in Science and Engineering, Medicine
and Agriculture will be increased. Funding will
be regulated and monitored through Quality
Assurance Boards of the Higher Education
Commission. Funding to Private Sector
Universities will be enhanced through a
competitive programme.
Madrassah Reforms
We are in the process of sowing the seeds of
national disintegration of a new generation of
alienated young people bred on hate and
paranoia. Educational extremism thus represents
the greatest danger to Quaid-e-Azam’s vision of
the federation.
The funding of groups during Afghan Jihad of
the ’80s has led to the rise of political madrassahs.
 Many of them are not schools but irregular army
recruitment centres for militants as well as arm
depots holding rocket launchers and Kalashnikov
guns. No militia will be allowed to seek refuge
under the name of madrassahs for militant
activities. Madrassahs will be reformed to be
Madrassahs that impart knowledge to children
The PPP had planned to build ‘Apna Ghar’ (Our
Home) as a free boarding school for socially or
economically disadvantaged children.  The plan
initially adopted by the PPP in the budget of
1996, but dropped by subsequent governments,
will be revived.
Student Militancy
The PPP will lift the ban on Student Unions as it
has done in all its tenures. It will not permit arms
on campus.
Health of the Nation
All PPP Governments have made health a high
priority, believing that the welfare of People flows
from investing in the health of the people. Basic
Principles of the Health Policy are: First, the
Guarantee of  Access to a Doctor for every Citizen
of  Pakistan via a National Health Service; Second,
the Prevention of Disease; Third, the Guarantee
that Affordable Medicines are available to the
sick and needy; Fourth, the provision of  good
Medical Education and Training.
The Lady Health Workers (LHW) programme
initiated by the PPP government has been the
most successful initiative in the preventive health
sector in the last two decades; it increased
contraceptive prevalence and reduced mother
and child mortality ratios. The PPP will further
consolidate this programme and take the number
of LHWs up to 200,000 in the next 5 years,
extending it to Katchi Abadis in urban areas. A
scheme for inducting 10,000 male health workers
will be introduced in parts of NWFP and
Balochistan.
The party will initiate a media campaign on
various aspects of preventive health measures to
increase awareness on health, safe motherhood,
hygiene and nutrition.
Access to quality drugs has eluded the poor
citizens of this country. The Pakistan Peoples
Party will initiate a pro-people Drugs policy for
the Public Sector Health System and maintain
prices within the reach of the common man for
the WHO- approved list of 300 essential drugs.
 The PPP will introduce competitive measures to
ensure parity with regional price levels.
As in other Muslim Countries, including Iran,
Bangladesh and Indonesia, Pakistan aims to
protect the health and care of both Mother and
Child through Planned Parenthood.
Census
The PPP will hold a census every ten years and
ensure that the Census results are accurate,
enabling resource distribution equitably in the
country.
Human Settlements
Historically, Town Planning is a concept
developed by the ancient Indus Valley
Civilization. To keep up with its glorious legacy,
the PPP will invest in providing clean drinking
water, sanitation and planning.
The Pakistan Peoples Party will set up a Human
Settlements Commission to prepare a Master
Plan of Human Settlements for the Whole
Country including the needs for housing, roads,
parks and playgrounds.
The Pakistan Peoples Party will assist Provincial
and District Governments with establishing
liveable cities and human settlements. The urban
degradation that is taking place will be reversed
with the provision of resources and capacity
support.
Housing Policy
A house for every family is a key part of the PPP
slogan Maang Raha Hai Har Insaan, Roti Kapra Aur
Makaan.
A comprehensive and credible program will be
developed and implemented to enable low and
middle income families to own their own homes.
Such a program will comprise releasing
government urban land, changes in zoning and
land titling, changes in foreclosure laws, provision
of long-term credit which is sustainable, and
establishment of needed institutions, in the
Private and Public Sector, to make the dream of
home-ownership a reality for the masses.
Empowerment of Women
The Pakistan Peoples Party has an unflinching
commitment to the cause of Gender Equality ever
since it was founded in 1967. It is also the only
Party in Pakistan that is headed by a Woman.
Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was the first elected
Woman Head of Government in the Muslim
World.
• The Party shall enunciate a national
employment policy for Women, facilitating
job creation and Women's participation in the
economy. The 10% affirmative action
job quota for Women in public service initiated
by Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto’s government
will be increased to 20%.
• Effective legislation to enable legal ownership
of assets and resources for Women will be
enacted to facilitate their financial
independence.
• The Party will take institutional initiatives to
prevent crimes against Women in the name
of tribalism, such as honour-killings and
forced marriages.
• Family Courts will be presided by Women
Judges to hear Family Law Cases. Right of
Maintenance and child custody according to
law will be implemented.
• Women will be appointed to the superior
judiciary.
• Ministry of Women Development will be part
of important policy-making bodies to ensure
that gender priorities are reflected in all policy
initiatives.
Human Rights
As the Party that introduced a Ministry for
Human Rights, the PPP will respect the life,
liberty, property, livelihood and right to freedom
of association, expression and movement of every
citizen. It will honour the International Human
Rights Declaration in both letter and spirit. The
PPP will protect the rights in particular of the
weak and oppressed, the discriminated and the
downtrodden.
Minorities
To uplift and empower minorities, a job quota
for minorities in the services of Pakistan, including
the operational services like Army, Police,
Intelligence Agencies, Judiciary and Foreign
Affairs will be allocated.
An independent permanent National
Commission for Religious Minorities will be
instituted, with the powers of Tribunals which
can entertain complaints and provide redress on
urgent basis.
Minorities will be given administrative control
of their places of worship and a person belonging
to a minority group will be made head of the
Evacuee Trust Property Board.
The statutes that discriminate against religious
Minorities, and are sources of communal
disharmony, will be reviewed.
Information and Media
The Pakistan Peoples Party recognizes that a Free
and Vibrant Press is the greatest guarantor against
tyranny and oppression. In accordance with this
principle, the PPP liberated the Press in 1988 by
allowing free import of newsprint, the abolition
of government permission to establish
newspapers and journals, and by introducing
Private Radio and Television Stations.
Each ministry will set up its own media cell to
put across the point of view of the Ministry.
Journalists from the private sector will be eligible
for induction on contract basis and on competitive
market rates.
A Press Complaints Commission will be
established on the basis of the British system of
Press Complaints.
The Private Sector will be allowed to freely
establish television and radio stations subject to
their operating within a legal framework.  FM
stations licenses will be given to the Political
Parties.
Information and Communication
Technologies
The PPP heralded the information age into
Pakistan with colour television, fax machines, emails and satellite television. It laid fibre optic
lines in 1989 and digitalised telecommunications.
In 1993, it began computer literacy programs to
herald the computer literate generation. Software
technology parks were to be established in the
major cities by the PPP.
ThePPP fully supports the United Nations
Information and Communication Technology Task
Force (UNICTF) goals. Working with the UN, the
PPP will create an enabling environment to map
UN's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
We believe that ICTs play an important role in
development, poverty reduction, empowering
women, reducing gender gap and communicating
and practicing democratic values. We will replicate
the best practices in Pakistan and will develop a
comprehensive e-Government Strategy.
The PPP will implement an ICT policy and
program to bridge the digital divide and to enable
Pakistan to join the ranks of world leaders in IT.
A comprehensive program will include: expanding
telecommunications bandwidth capacity, expand
training institutions for IT professionals, promotion
of IT and software exports.
Science and Technology
The PPP gave the best science and technology
institutions to the country. Science and Technology
Hubs will be established in major urban areas,
much like the science cities in the developed
world.
Culture
The Pakistan Peoples Party will promote National
Heritage and Culture of Pakistan. We will increase
funding for the Arts, and support artists and their
institutions.
Environment
We have inherited the earth to nourish and
treasure, not to plunder and destroy.
The PPP will follow environment-friendly policies
to build a cleaner, healthier environment for our
children. Curriculum on environment will be
introduced in schools.
The PPP supports the Kyoto protocol on climate
change.
The PPP will accelerate programs which will
ensure Clean Air, Land, and Water for All.
The PPP will introduce CNG units in major cities
to reduce vehicular pollution.
The PPP will set up a new National Calamities
and Disaster Management Authority and make
the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency
(PEPA) an autonomous authority.

PART IV

GOOD GOVERNANCE
Magna Carta of Pakistan
The Pakistan Peoples Party reaffirms its
commitments to implement the Charter of
Democracy; the veritable Magna Carta of
Pakistan.
As early as 1949, the Public Representatives
Officers Disqualification Act (PRODA) was used
for the ulterior purpose of driving out the
Stalwarts of Muslim Leaders from the arena of
Politics. The scythe of the Electoral Bodies
Disqualification Order of 1960 decapitated the
entire Founding Fathers of Pakistan. Ziaul Haq
promulgated the Martial Law Order 17 of 1977
in order to victimize and disqualify the leadership
of the Pakistan Peoples Party. In the most heinous
deed of our tormented political history, Ziaul
Haq physically murdered his benefactor on April
4, 1979.
The so-called accountability measures since 1996
were used to incarcerate Senator Asif Ali Zardari
for eight long years, although he and Mohtarma
Benazir Bhutto were never sentenced for any
crime.  False cases were used in a conspiracy in
an attempt to break their will to fight for the
people of Pakistan and also to deceive the people
of Pakistan about their legitimate democratic
leadership.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan rightly observed
in 1958: “When politics enters the Palace of Justice,
Democracy, its cherished inmate, walks out of
the backdoor. A Judge’s duty in a given case is
to adjudicate on the right or liability and this
function he must discharge according to law. The
Constitution entrusts the interests of the Country,
in the appointment of a Prime Minister, to the
members of the Parliament and if the country is
ruined by the wrong choice of a Prime Minister,
the responsibility is that of the people and their
representatives and not of the Judge. The Judge’s
duty is to administer the law and not to lay down
the moral or political standards for the choice of
a Prime Minister.”
The Charter consists of the following 36
points in brief:
1. The 1973 Constitution as on 12 October 1999
shall be restored save for the provisions of
Joint Electorates, reserved seats for Minorities
and Women, lowering of the voting age to 18,
and increase in seats in Parliament.
2. The appointment of Governors, three service
Chiefs and the CJ SC shall be made by the
Prime Minister who will be the Chief
Executive.
3. The appointments of Judges to Superior
Judiciary will be made with the advice and
consent of a Joint Parliamentary Committee
consisting of equal representatives of the
Treasury and the Opposition on the
recommendation of a Commission headed by
former Chief Justice who has not taken oath
under the PCO.
4. A Federal Constitutional Court with equal
representation to each Federating Unit will
resolve Constitutional issues.
5. The Concurrent list will be abolished.
6. Reserved seats for Women will be allocated
in proportion to percentage of votes polled
by each contesting Party.
7. The strength of the Senate will be increased.
8. FATA will be merged into NWFP in
consultation with the Tribal Areas.
9. Northern Areas will be given a Special Status
and Empowerment.
10. Local Body elections will be held on Party Basis.
11. National Security Council will be abolished
and replaced by Defence Committee
headed by the Prime Minister.
12. The “ban” on Third term for Prime Minister
will be scrapped.
13. Truth and Reconciliation Commission will be
established.
14. Politically motivated NAB will be abolished
and replaced by an Independent
Accountability Commission whose
Chairman will be appointed jointly by the
Prime Minister and the Leader of the
Opposition with the advice and
consent of Joint Parliamentary Committee
with parity between Treasury and the
Opposition parties. 
15. The Media will have freedom of access to
Information regulated by Law.
16. The Chairman of the Public Accounts
Committee will be appointed by the respective
Leaders of the Opposition in the House.
17. Nuclear Command and Control will be placed
under the Defence Committee of the Cabinet.
18. The future of Kashmir will be determined
according to the aspirations of the people of
Kashmir and UN
Resolutions.
19. Good Governance will include quality Health,
Universal Education, Price Stability
Employment Generation and  Austerity by
Government Officials.
20. Women, Minorities and under-privileged will
be provided equality of opportunity.
21. Electorate mandate will be respected and
extra constitutional ways will not be adopted
for undermining the rights of the Government
or Opposition.
22. Signatories to the Charter will not join Military
regimes or sponsored Governments.
23. All indirect elections will be by open ballots.
24. All Military and Judicial Officers will file
annual statements of Wealth and Income.
25. National Democracy Commission will
promote Democratic Culture.
26. Terrorism and militancy will be vigorously
confronted.
27. Impartiality and independence of the Election
Commission will be guaranteed.
28. Elections will be held on a level-playing field.
29. Local Body Elections will be held within three
months of General Elections.
30. Neutral administrators will be appointed by
the Competent Election Authorities during
the Conduct of elections.
31. Elections will be conducted by a neutral
Caretaker Government.
32. All Security Agencies including ISI and MI
will be answerable to the elected Prime
Minister.
33. All indemnities promulgated by military
regimes will be reviewed.
34. Defence Budget will be placed before and
approved by Parliament.
35. Military Land and Cantonments will be
controlled by the Ministry of Defence.
36. Rules of Business will be reviewed to conform
to Parliamentary Traditions.
Provincial Autonomy
The Pakistan Peoples Party proposes to establish
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a true Federal Democracy in theory and practice
by enacting the following reforms in order to
make Provincial Autonomy meaningful.
The unanimous Constitution of 1973 authored
by Quaid-e-Awam introduced Provincial
Autonomy to the Country’s Federal System. The
PPP will take the following measures:
• The Concurrent Legislative List will be
abolished.
• Provinces will be given their due share in
their Natural Resources.
• Distribution criteria for NFC award will take
into account contribution to revenues,
geographic size, backwardness and level of
development as well as population.
• The Natural Gas rates and Royalty formula
will be as determined by the Constitution of
1973.
• All Companies engaged in exploration and
extraction of Natural Resources will be
required to train local people and allocate
funds for social development.
• Provinces will be given part of the sale
proceeds in the sale of federal assets in their
province.
• Octroi will revert to local governments and
be collected by them.
• Sales tax will be progressively returned to
Provinces.
Local Government
The Pakistan Peoples Party believes in a threetier system of Government: Federal, Provincial
and Local. Each will enjoy autonomy and function
under the law.
The system of Local Government introduced by
the military regime, which has been manipulated
for political ends, will be revamped to bring it in
line with the Party’s Devolution Plan.
Primary Education, Basic Health, Water Supply,
Sanitation and Population Welfare will be looked
after by the Local Governments. The Deputy
Commissioner will perform the functions of the
DCO. Local Government will be based on modern
patterns such as those that exist in the established
democracies of the world. Caretaker district
governments would be established during
elections.
Civil Service Reforms
No modern state can function without an
impartial, honest and efficient bureaucracy. The
Pakistan Peoples Party will initiate the
implementation of broad-based Civil Service
Reforms. Security of service, fixed tenures, meritbased appointments, barriers to lateral entry and
a ban on inductions from other state institutions
are required for an effective bureaucracy.
Training of civil servants will be conducted to
make the Civil Services citizen-friendly and
responsive to the needs and demands of the
public.
Police Reforms
The PPP government will embark on a
meaningful Police Reforms Program. The aim of
the reforms will to provide security to citizens
by creating a crime-free society. The PPP will be
tough on crime and the causes of crime. It will
foster a professional police force owing allegiance
to the Constitution and rule of law, and stop the
practice of using the police force for political
purposes.
The PPP will expand law enforcement and equip
it with modern means to combat crime and
maintain security. A strong police force is
necessary to combat the forces of internal
terrorism.
In the previous PPP Government, Prime Minister
Benazir Bhutto instituted a revolutionary
programme of Women's Police Stations headed
by Women Police Officers to encourage Women
to report crimes of domestic abuse. This highly
successful programme was dismantled by
subsequent administrations. It will be
immediately reconstituted under the PPP
government.
Prison Reforms
The PPP prison reforms aim at reforming
prisoners enabling them to integrate into society
as responsible citizens. The concept of hard and
rigorous labour will be abolished. Prisoners will
be encouraged to take classes to learn skills and
earn points towards good behaviour early release.
They will be paid proper wages for work
undertaken and be entitled to purchase facilities
for themselves including television, computers
and other products. Common rooms will provide
Internet access to selected sites as well as reading
material in libraries. Medical attention will be
given promptly. Proper seating arrangements for
interviews will be made.
Prisoners will have the right to make available
transport for going to Court hearings in the event
of vehicle shortage. Prison administrations will
be given rules within which to function and will
be autonomous in their functioning. An
Ombudsman will be appointed to hear
complaints of Prisoners against the violation of
jail rules.
Female prisoners will be housed in separate
quarters and looked after by female staff. No
male staff will be permitted entrance to the female
quarters. Female quarters will have similar
facilities as male quarters with additional childcare areas.
Rule of Law
The basis of a civilised society lies in the rule of
law. In developed countries, those who
undermine the majesty of law go to prison. In
our country, too often the victims of those who
perpetuated injustices are sent to prison. Each
elected leader of Pakistan left office brutalized
and criminalised while none of the military
dictators paid a price even when they
disintegrated the Nation and mutilated the
Constitution.
When the state apparatus perverts the course of
justice, evil consequences flow which undermine
the premise on which civilised society can be
based.
The PPP will establish a Truth and Reconciliation
Commission to investigate how the so-called
National Accountability Bureau tried to pervert
the course of justice by torturing witnesses to
commit perjury and wasted national resources
to politically re-engineer Pakistan.
Judicial Reforms
The Pakistan Peoples Party is committed to a
neutral independent judiciary free of political
manipulation. Justice must be fair and blind.
From the lower courts to the Supreme Court, the
PPP commits its government to a truly
independent judiciary.
FATA Reforms
Quaid-e-Awam introduced development for the
people of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
and the PPP Government, headed by Mohtarma
Benazir Bhutto, continued those policies.
The PPP will restore the authority of the
Government in the Tribal Areas and stop the proTaliban forces from using its territory to mount
attacks on neighbouring Afghanistan.
The current situation in the FATA represents a
clear danger to the national security. The military
regime has given up Pakistan’s sovereign territory
in the Tribal Areas to foreigners. Consequently,
FATA has become a safe haven for militancy and
extremism.
The PPP will reclaim Pakistan’s territory and reassert the authority of the government
The PPP will facilitate the extension of the Laws of
Pakistan to FATA, including the Political Parties Act.
As a first step, it will bring amendments in the
Frontier Crimes Regulation to enable a right of
Appeal to the Peshawar High Court and further
to the Supreme Court of Pakistan against all
convictions.
The seats in the NWFP Provincial Assembly will
be enhanced to accommodate representatives
from the FATA directly elected by adult franchise,
according to the population of each Agency.
The PPP will push forward schemes for the
educational advancement and economic uplift
of FATA, creating job opportunities, increasing
quotas in Colleges, Universities and Government.
In order to expedite investment and create jobs,
the FATA will be made into a tax-free zone on
items manufactured in these areas.
Northern Areas
The PPP government will actively pursue policies
that promote education, development, and peace
in the Northern Areas.

PART V

PAKISTAN AND THE WORLD
The guiding principles of the Pakistan Peoples
Party shall be the universal principles of peace,
reciprocity and flexibility in its foreign relations.
The Party is opposed to all forms of terrorism
and seeks to build bridges in the world
community and promotes inter-faith harmony
after the polarities arising from September 11.
The Party believes that civilizations and
democracies do not go to war, and will not allow
extremists to hijack a progressive agenda. The
PPP will endeavour to add depth and substance
to Pakistan's relations with regional, economic
and social organisations. The PPP believes in
good neighbourly relations with Afghanistan,
India, Iran and the Peoples Republic of China.
The Party also believes in further strengthening
relations with the USA, Canada, European Union,
Japan and the Commonwealth. Pakistan is at the
hub of Central Asia, the Gulf and the GCC, hence
the PPP will provide a fresh impetus to the trade
and cultural ties with these regions. Our special
relations with Bangladesh will be strengthened.
Self-Determination
The Pakistan Peoples Party supports the right of
self-determination for all people.
Kashmir
The Pakistan Peoples Party supports the rights
of the Kashmiri people and will pursue the
composite dialogue process agenda that it
initiated with India including Kashmir and IndoPak issues. It will not allow lack of progress on
one agenda to impede progress on the other.
The PPP, without prejudice to the UN Security
Council Resolutions, supports open and safe
borders at the Line of Control to socially unite
the Kashmiri people.  It notes that India and
China have a border dispute and yet enjoy
tension-free relations.
Relations with India
The Simla Agreement of 1973 provides a
framework for relations between the two
Countries. It seeks to reduce tensions with India
through peaceful negotiations to outstanding
disputes and issues, and recalls the great progress
in bilateral relations that took place under the
government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
During the December 1988 SAARC Summit, the
proposal of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to
transform SAARC from a cultural organization
into an economic one was accepted by the SAARC
countries.
The PPP government will work for a regional
economic framework for the countries of South
Asia to benefit all its people through economies
of scale. Such a regional economic group has the
potential to turn into a global economic
powerhouse, attracting investment, creating jobs
and eliminating poverty.
Under Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto's governments,
the PPP has consistently pushed to replace the
infrastructure of conflict with the architecture of
peace.
The PPP believes that a prosperous Pakistan is a
prosperous South Asia. Maintaining peaceful ties
with India is imperative if we wish to achieve
these goals. When elected to power, the PPP
intends to tackle the social and economic malaise
infecting the region by promoting an Asian
Common Market that can attract investment,
create jobs and build bridges of peace and trade
through all of South Asia.
Afghanistan
Military dictators have used Pakistan's proximity
to Afghanistan and its strategic importance to
the world community to perpetuate dictatorship.
 The PPP will not allow Pakistan's territory to be
used for cross-border terrorism against
Afghanistan. The Party firmly adheres to the
principle of non-interference in Afghanistan's
internal affairs and favours no group, faction or
tribe. The PPP government will engage the
Afghan government for an overall understanding
on border security, exchange of intelligence, flag
meetings between sector commanders, exchange
of information, and non-use of force in one
another's territories.
The PPP will seek to sign a Treaty of Peace and
Cooperation with Afghanistan based on the
following principles:
• Respect for fundamental human rights and
for the purposes and principles of the Charter
of the United Nations.
• Settlement of all disputes by peaceful means,
such as negotiation, conciliation, arbitration
or judicial settlement.
• Promotion of mutual interests and
cooperation.
• Respect for justice and international
obligations.
• A commitment to the restoration of close
cultural, economic and trade ties with
Afghanistan
• The PPP will set up joint working groups with
Afghanistan to enhance and rationalize trade
between the two nations.
• The PPP will commit its government to using
its resources in Balochistan for the mutual
benefit of the energy needs of Afghanistan
and Pakistan's largest Province.
Terrorism
Terrorism was born in the bowels of dictatorship,
which recruited, trained, armed and financed
extreme factions while marginalizing the
moderate, democratic and pluralistic forces.
History teaches us that Democracies do not wage
war with each other nor do Democracies promote
international terrorism.
The PPP will dismantle militant groups who seek
to take hostage the foreign policy of the country
and impose their writ through force on the tribal
areas of Pakistan and elsewhere.
Distinctions between, and amongst terrorist
groups will no longer be maintained.
Defence
The PPP believes that a sound economic base
promotes a strong Defence. It seeks to identify
Pakistan’s core Defence needs to enable the
country to meet its defence targets.
The educational curriculum in Defence institutes
was prepared to train an officer cadre that could
uphold the forces of military rule. That curriculum
will be revised to ensure respect for Democracy,
Democratic institutions and elected officials. In
addition, all newly appointed Service Chiefs will
be given a public oath of office, similar to the one
taken at commissioning, prior to their taking up
their assignment.
The PPP gave Pakistan a strong defence to
safeguard its territorial integrity and national
independence. Quaid-e-Awam gave Pakistan the
nuclear program to achieve nuclear parity with
India. Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto gave Pakistan
missile capability to enable the country to deter
aggression.
The PPP will ensure that our armed forces are
amongst the best in the world in so that they earn
the love and respect of the nation as a Defender
of our Motherland free of political involvement
and controversy.
CONCLUSION: TOWARDS A NEW
PAKISTAN
The Pakistan Peoples Party makes a sacred pledge
to the people of Pakistan that it will lead our
Nation to peace and prosperity. It will build a
tomorrow better than any of the yesterdays we
have known by following in the footsteps of our
heroic leaders, Quaid-e-Azam and Quaid-eAwam to build a federal, democratic, egalitarian
Pakistan. The PPP believes that the key to the
advancement of Pakistan lies in focusing on
employment, education, energy, environment
and equality.
From Khyber to Karachi, from the mountains
that Alexander the Great crossed to the desert
sands of Sindh where Mohammad Bin Qasim
brought the Message of Islam, under the banner
of Pakistan and the tri-colour flag of Quaid-eAwam, there will be one nation, one leader, one
mission, one programme, one destination, and
one voice reflecting the hopes, the desires, the
wishes and the aspirations of our great people.
Ilm Roshni, Sab Ko Kaam
Roti Kapra Aur Makaan
Maang Raha Hai Har Insaan