PPP-P attempts to lure labor class through its manifesto

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Minimum labor wage of PKR 18‚000 per month by the year 2018, provision of bread, clothing and housing (Roti, Kapra aur Makan) to the poor and representation of the labor class in parliament are the unique selling points of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian’s (PPP-P) manifesto for the upcoming general elections.

President PPP-P Makhdoom Amin Fahim announced the governing party’s manifesto on Thursday. Former Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani‚ Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira‚ Minister for Defence Naveed Qamar and Minister of State for Information Syed Sumsam Bukhari were also present.

“As we take Pakistan into its first constitutional transfer of power through elections, we resolve to take the country into a future based on social justice, peace and prosperity for all,” said Fahim.

PPP-P is going with “Roti, Kapra Aur Makan, Ilm, Sehat, Sab Ko Kam, Dehshat Sai Mehfooz Awam, Ooncha Ho Jamhoor Ka Naam” as its theme slogan of the manifesto.

“In our manifesto, we propose seven core priorities that will protect and empower the people of Pakistan and we will initiate key programs in the first 100 days at the federal and provincial levels to implement these core priorities,” said Fahim.

The PPP-P manifesto claims the formation of a new province in the South Punjab. It also pledges to serve the socially and economically disadvantaged people of Pakistan to enhance the lifestyle of a common man.

Moreover, the manifesto vows to completely eradicate polio from the country by 2018. It also promises universal primary enrolment by 2018 and 10‚000 higher education and technical vocation scholarships for Fata and Balochistan.

“We believe that national security is premised on human security first. Anyone governing Pakistan in the next 10 years of a global recession and regional security upheavals will also have to make tough fiscal, economic, security and governance decisions,” Fahim added.