ISLAMABAD — PPP Women's Wing President Faryal Talpur has urged party workers to capitalise on the weakness of the PML-N led Punjab government, saying the way the PML-N secured its mandate in the province in the February 8, 2024 general elections was an open secret. Talpur, who is on a week-long visit to Punjab, held three meetings at the party's Central Secretariat, including separate sessions with office-bearers from Lahore Rural, Kasur and Sheikhupura districts and representatives of civil society.
Complaints against the party's provincial leadership and a breakfast controversy marred her meetings on Friday. During one of the meetings, the PPP Kasur senior vice president complained that the Governor House was inaccessible to party leaders in their personal capacity, forcing them to approach either the party's general secretary or the Central Punjab office to seek access. He said if party ticket-holders were not welcome at the Governor House, they should be told so upfront. Similar complaints were raised during a Central Punjab meeting chaired by Raja Pervez Ashraf around a month ago.
Punjab Governor Sardar Saleem Haider Khan belongs to the PPP. According to party sources, upon hearing the complaint, Talpurwho is a sister of President Asif Ali Zardari and aunt of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardaricalled Governor Khan, who subsequently arrived at the party office and met her.