PPP office closed in entire districts of Hazara Division

ABBOTTABAD :Former Provincial Minister and Divisional president of Pakistan Peoples  party Shamaroze Khan Jadoon alongwith his entire divisional and district cabinets of Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Batagram and Torghar have resigned from their offices here at press club on Monday. Hundreds of PPP angry workers and office bearers have announced their protest against the provincial leadership of the party for withdrawel of senate ticket from Shamaroze Khan Jadoon have  decided to close down all offices of PPP in Hazara division with packing up of political activities from the PPP platform.  This all is being done in anger over the withdrawal of Senate Ticket from PPP divisional president Shamroze Khan Jadoon and also ignoring Hazara Division in developmental and other activities by the PPP provincial and central leadership in the last four years. Shamroze Khan Jadoon, Dr.Qazi Adnan, the former member of central committee, Mehdi Zaman Khan Advocate, Pervez Akhter Rana, Mian Tariq and Waseem Jadoon also spoke at the occasion. A large number of PPP workers and office bearers who had also tendered their resignations from all the six districts of Hazara were also present and they all lashes out the PPP leadership for not consulting the divisional leadership before forcing Shamroze Khan Jadoon to withdraw the Senate ticket. Shamroze
Khan Jadoon  in his statement said that he as made divisional president by Benazir Bhutto in 1996 at Nodero keeping the sacrifices and services rendered by his family as his elder brother was one of founder of PPP in Hazara Division and till then, he was working for PPP . He disclosed that he was awarded ticket by the PPP central committee comprises of Faryal Talpur, Ameen Faheem, Jehangir Badar, Raja Pervez Ashraf, Sardar Ali Khan and Rukshana Bangash but reasons best known to two of his proposers and seconders, both provincial ministers Syed Ahmed Hassan Shah and Shuja Salam Khan back out from their stand and supported Saifullah Bangash. Shamroze Khan said that he had left no option to surrender his office and to work only as simple worker. While replying to a querry, he told that though he and other office workers are being approached by the PPP provincial leadership to hold on the offices but workers and he himself are stick to decision and will decide the future strategy after consultation with local workers and leaders. He was quiet about the role of PPP officials who resigned in the forthcoming general election and said that they are not in hurry as they had given blood to the party and will not throw away their more then 40 years contribution. We will remain in the party but will never allow any minister from PPP to hold any sort of public activity in Hazara Division, they argued. Waseem Khan Jadoon, Mehdi Zaman Advocate and Pervez Akhter Rana remarked thatPPP central and provincial leadership is losing great opportunity in Hazara division by sidelining workers who are devotees of great ideology of Z.A.Bhutto. They also leveled serious charges on the elected MPA's and ministers from Hazara division for their negative role and alleged that they had sold the rights of people of Hazara and also of workers.

Pakistan Peoples Party received another set back in Hazara

Syed Kosar Naqvi

ABBOTTABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party received another set back in Hazara Division when one of old die hard worker and divisional president of Youth Wing Waseem Khan Jadoon stepped down from divisional and provincial offices as mark of protest for withdrawl of senate ticket from Shamaroz Khan Jadoon. It may be pointed out  that PPP workers and office bearers have been showing anger over the decision of PPP provincial and central leadership over the  withdrawal of Senate Ticket from former provincial minister and divisional president PPP Hazara Shamroze Khan Jadoon. Till date, in volley of resignations by the office bearers of PPP at District and Tehsil level at Havelian, Abbottabad, Haripur, Mansehra along with office bearers of Labour wing, Lawyers wing and of more then 52 local union council units have resigned. Resignation of Waseem Khan Jadoon was set be another blow to the PPP in Hazara and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as he was considered to the oldest worker with more then 22 years affiliation and he was one of the few members of PPP who was called by Benazir Bhutto at UK and Islamabad on different occasion and he was also offered jobs by the former prime minister but he preferred to stay as worker in the Party. Waseem Khan Jadoon remarked that PPP present leadership at province and central level is ignoring the party workers who are the back bone of the party and dishearted workers are very much disappointed with the treatment which is being given to the workers and added that this will be a great loss to the party and damage done by anti workers decisions will be irreparable loss. He added that due to tiring efforts by the party divisional , district and Tehsil office bearers, PPP has found roots among masses despite all hardships and in coming elections, PPP will be the major loser in Hazara division. However he also lashes out at the role of PPP MPA's and others for their role in the issue of awarding of ticket of Senate to Shamroze Khan Jadoon and later withdrawal of ticket. Meanwhile Shamaroz Khan Jadoon alongwith divisional leadership of PPP has also decided to formally announced their resignation on Monday (today) during a press conference.