{"id":2160,"date":"2014-09-19T09:51:11","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T09:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chiniotcity.com.pk\/new\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2014-09-19T09:52:03","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T09:52:03","slug":"bilawal-reaches-out-to-chiniots-flood-hit-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chiniotcity.com.pk\/new\/bilawal-reaches-out-to-chiniots-flood-hit-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Bilawal reaches out to Chiniot’s flood-hit areas"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHINIOT\/LAHORE: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zaradri on Thursday visited the flood-hit areas of Chiniot district, announcing launch of a party campaign for rehabilitation of the affected people in his first fully-fledged public appearance in Punjab.<\/p>\n

Arriving at Chiniot by a helicopter, young Bhutto waded through knee-deep waters to reach the affected people and distributed relief goods among them.<\/p>\n

He told those devastated by floodwaters he had come to share their sufferings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe PPP will launch a drive for rehabilitation of the affected people,\u201d he said on the occasion.<\/p>\n

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Announces rehabilitation drive; orders Rs50m tents for affected people<\/h4>\n
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He also visited Rajoa Sadat village of the PPP\u2019s former MPA Hassan Murtaza and spoke to the party workers waiting there for their leader who was making his first public appearance in Punjab. He urged the party workers to help the flood victims by all means.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the mission of Z.A. Bhutto and my Shaheed mother Benazir Bhutto to help the people in crisis,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bilawal was accompanied by senior PPP leaders including Raja Pervez Ashraf, Syed Khurshid Shah, Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Sherry Rehman and Raja Riaz.<\/p>\n