PPPP Secretary General Farhatullah Babar has issued the following statement on Senate election - Press Release issued by Pakistan People's Party.

Islamabad -- March 03, 2021 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press release issued by Pakistan People's Party (PPP)

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I wish to congratulate Yousuf Raza Gilani, the PPP Senators-elect from Sindh and indeed all other senators-elect throughout the country who have won election to the upper House Wednesday. Their win is the win of democratic process, of political engagement more than the win of any individual.

Election to the Senate and the bye election a few days earlier to the National and provincial Assemblies have not only strengthening democratic process but also vindicated the position taken by the PPP that political parties make use of every democratic process in fight against fascist tendencies. All forums namely elections, the Parliament, the courts and by reaching out to the people directly must be availed in a democratic spirit.

The principled stand taken by Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in this regard has been vindicated loud and clear. I have lost the Senate electoral contest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Win and loss is part of the election process and there are no complaints and no grouse against anyone. I wish good luck to all those who won in the electoral contest against me in the province. I should like to believe that those who voted for the winning candidates in the KPK did so by their own free will and call of their conscience.

I also thank the Party Chairman for giving me the Party ticket. I also wish to thank the...

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