KARACHI: Chairman of Pakistan People’s Party and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has paid tribute to the martyrs of Karsaz tragedy.

In his message issued on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Karsaz tragedy, the PPP chairman said that today reminded them the sacrifices of the leadership and workers of the party during the struggle to restore and strengthen democracy in the country.

Both the leadership and workers fought so many heinous conspiracies and walked through the rivers of blood to accomplish the mission of democracy, equality, peace and prosperity in the country, he added. Bilawal said that on October 18, 2007, the blood of 180 people was shed to sabotage the gathering of more than 30 million people present in Karachi for the historic reception of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto.

He said: “We should remember our martyrs on October 18 every year and share the grief of their families as well as inform our young generation about our history and the struggles and sacrifices of the generations before them.”

Bilawal further said that we have to teach the young generation that developing personal enmities in politics and breaking records of telling lies is not a struggle. He reiterated his determination that the Pakistan People’s Party will continue to advance the struggle to strengthen democracy in the country, because the sacrifices of the martyrs of the Karsaz were given for the establishment of democracy and strengthening it.

He said that bloodshed suffered by the democratic forces besides the torture, solitary confinements and imprisonments won’t deter the PPP leadership and workers from carrying on the struggle of our predecessors.