BB expresses deep concern over increase in crime, unemployment

Islamabad—The Pakistan Peoples Party is deeply concerned over the increasing rate of unemployment and crime said theChairperson Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in a statement Friday.
The former Prime Minister said this while commenting on reports that young people are committing suicide as well as threatening self-immolation as they are unable to feed their minor children in the holy month of Ramadan.
She said that the PPP was committed to job generation. According to the ILO report, the largest job generation in Pakistan had taken place during the PPP government.
She asked the young people to support the PPP in the forthcoming elections so that collectively the PPP and the youth could work for creating job opportunities in the country. She also asked the youth to convince their parents of the need to stop any attempts at rigging the elections.
Because the elections of 2002 were rigged, therefore the unemployment situation in the country had worsened, she said.
Mohtarma Bhutto said that the deplorable rise in crime, robbery and murder was a black stain on the record of the present administration. She noted that the media daily reported horrific crimes taking place in broad-daylight. She said that whenever democracy was derailed, bandits reared their head.
She condoled the death of a Karachi businessman Arshjadullah and his son Amirullah were shot to death while trying to resist bandits in Landhi.
Benazir Bhutto said that it was the basic right of the citizens to live in security in peace but unfortunately in the absence of a representative and an accountable government, crime had increased and innocent people were losing their lives. She assured the people of Pakistan that PPP is committed to providing peace and security to every citizen. —Agencies