AJK observed ZAB’s 47th death anniversary with full solemnity and reverence:

MIRPUR (AJK) , (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point news - 4th Apr, 2026) In Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), the 47th death anniversary of the founder Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party and former Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was observed on Saturday by his admirers including the party activists with due solemnity and reverence.

In AJK, where his PPP-led state government performs, the anniversary was observed the death anniversary with due respect and honour, in acknowledgment of meritorious services of late ZAB for Kashmiris cause for the right to self determination and the Kashmir freedom struggle, organizers from PPP AJK Chapter told APP here on Saturday.

The PPP AJK Chapter facilitated the PPP activists to participate in the functions held to mark the anniversary. The functions were held by the PPP AJK workers at district and tehsil headquarters to observe the anniversary of ZAB. In these meetings rich tributes were paid to late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and his daughter and the party’s martyred chairperson and ex Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto with the renewal of the pledge to continue the mission of shaheed Z.A Bhutto and shaheed BB.

In AJK special ceremonies were reportedly separately held by various groups of the PPP AJK chapter at different parts of the State including Mirpur district under the auspices of the local units of the PPP.

Addressing these ceremonies, speakers paid tributes to the departed souls of ZAB and BB for giving the supreme sacrifices of their lives for the upholding of the country and the nation and for the cause of democracy and the constructional and democratic norms and principles.

They said that valiant shaheed ZAB preferred to go to gallows by maintaining his honor and dignity instead of bowing before the dictatorship and making any bargaining on the principals. They vowed to continue the mission of Bhuttos to translate their ideas of turning Pakistan a true democratic, strong and stable and true welfare state to bring it in the ranks of the developed nations.

Speakers said ZAB and his martyred brave daughter BB were the staunch supporters of the just and principled stance of the people of Jammu & Kashmir over their legitimate right to self determination. In this regard they referred to the repeated resolve of shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto of fighting for freedom of Jammu & Kashmir till one thousand year.

Speakers termed the reported killings of ZAB and BB a severe loss of the precious lives of Bhuttos an irreparable loss to the nation and the country including the people of Jammu & Kashmir as well as to entire world in general and the Muslim ummah in particular, they concluded.

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