The PPP has a history of standing up for what it believes in. The party's founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto won the hearts and minds of the electorate due to his commitment for the welfare and prosperity of the people. The slogan Roti Kapra Aur Makan was an impossible target to achieve in totality during Bhutto's tenure but his faithful supporters always had hope and faith in his commitment that lasted even beyond the Zia years. PPP's constituency, even decades after Bhutto's assassination, comprises of Bhutto's supporters. After Bhutto's murder, his political heiress Benazir retained her hold on her late father's constituency which spread over all the federating units of Pakistan, with Punjab as the bastion of her political power. It is also a fact that the daughter lost some of her father's constituency over the passage of time due to changing ground realities. The senior Bhutto's tenure was never tainted by accusation of financial impropriety. Benazir's two tenures had many such controversies. But she stuck to the party's ideology through out. What we witness today is something that does not fit with the PPP ideology as it was perceived to be created by Bhutto and inherited by Benazir. The workers are confused and disgruntled. Those who were responsible for facilitating Bhutto's murder are being welcomed into the party or are seen to be its collaborators. A case in point is Ahmed Raza Kasuri, Zia's collaborator that helped him send Bhutto to the gallows. By a strange act of coincidence, Mr. Kasuri now happens to be advocating for Sharrif brothers' disqualification with the support of PPP. A cousin of Zia has joined the PPP in Punjab and the party that facilitated the October 18 attack on Benazir's procession in Karachi is PPP's partner of choice in Sindh. -GULL ZAMAN, Kohat, via e-mail, January 31.