KARACHI Nov 20 (TNS): The Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), its members and supporters are observing the second death anniversary of senior politician and former president of the PPP Makhdoom Amin Fahim.
To commemorate the veteran politician’s services and life, special prayers have been arranged for the deceased in his native town Hala in Matiari, Sindh.
PPP Patron-in-Chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will address the main ceremony being held in Hala later today. Chief Minister Sindh Sayyed Murad Ali Shah and Faryal Talpur are also going to address the ceremony.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is also going to lay the foundation for the Makhdoom Muhammed Zaman Talab-ul-Maula Medical College and teaching hotel later today.
A documentary chronicling the life and services of the Makhdoom Amin Fahim is also going to screen at the event.
Makhdoom Amin Fahim was born in 1939 on the 4th of August in Hala, district Matiari, Amin Fahim contested elections 8 times between 1977 and 2013. During the first tenure of Late Benazir Bhutto Amin Fahim served as Federal Information Minister between 1988 and 1990.
After the 2008 elections, Amin Fahim was given the portfolio of Federal Minister for Trade and Industries.
Makhdoom Amin Fahim was a PPP loyalist who never left the party from the first days of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto till the time of his death when Bhutto’s grandson Bilawal took over the helm of affairs of the party.
Fahim was said to be one of the most trusted companions of Benazir Bhutto.
