LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Women’s Wing President Faryal Talpur has said her party is determined to regain its position in Punjab, as she began a four-day visit to Lahore to review the party’s organisation in the province.
Talpur was received at Allama Iqbal International Airport by former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, PPP Central Punjab General Secretary Hassan Murtaza and senior party leaders including Qamar Zaman Kaira, Samina Khalid Ghurki, Rana Farooq Saeed and Shahzad Saeed Cheema. Provincial Minister Anwar Sial, Sadia Javed and other party leaders were also present. From the airport, she went directly to Bilawal House, where she is scheduled to hold a series of meetings with party leaders and office-bearers during her stay.
Speaking on Thursday, Talpur said she would visit Punjab regularly to oversee party affairs, strengthen the organisation and stay in direct contact with workers. She dismissed suggestions that the party has grown politically weak in the province, and said the PPP would work to restore its standing among voters in Punjab.
Organisation and Women’s Wing in focus
Talpur formally began her political engagements on Thursday at the Peoples Secretariat in Model Town, where organisational discussions are a major part of her programme. According to party sources, the main aim of the visit is to activate the PPP in Punjab, with particular attention to the Women’s Wing.
During the visit, she is expected to chair meetings on the party’s organisational structure, the prevailing political situation and the challenges ahead. Meetings are planned with female office-bearers to discuss the Women’s Wing’s organisational performance, membership and future political activities, and with members of the Punjab Executive and representatives of divisional and district organisations and various wings.
She is also expected to meet people who have recently joined the PPP, and to attend a luncheon hosted by former Punjab governor Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood at his residence in honour of the party’s members of the Punjab Assembly.
The PPP has historically maintained an important political presence in Punjab, although its electoral strength and organisational reach have faced challenges in the province in recent years. Party leaders say rebuilding local networks and improving coordination among workers at the provincial, divisional and district levels are now significant priorities, and the outcome of Talpur’s meetings may help shape the party’s organisational priorities and political strategy in Punjab in the coming months.
Her engagements in Lahore are expected to continue throughout the four-day programme, with meetings involving provincial leaders and representatives from different levels of the party.
