Former president and President Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Asif Ali Zardari has said that the democracy, which was restored after sacrifices of hundreds of martyrs of Karsaz tragedy, is once again under threat.

In a message on the anniversary of the disaster, Zardari paid glowing tributes to the martyrs of Karsaz tragedy. He said that on October 17, 2007, the caravan of democracy, led by Benazir Bhutto, was attacked at Karsaz in Karachi. “Hundreds of loyal democrats saved their leader but lost their own lives,” he added.

He said that because of the supreme sacrifices of these martyrs, democracy was restored in the country and dictatorship was defeated. Today is the day to pay rich tributes to those martyrs who defeated the designs of the extremists and terrorists. “It also showed that terrorists and extremists are the enemies of the nation,” he added.

The PPPP president said that more than three million people came to welcome their leader on the roads of Karachi on the day and displayed that they support the ideology of Quaid-e-Azam and Benazir Bhutto as they wanted Pakistan to be a democratic, peaceful and prosperous country.