Challenges and Controversies
Since 1990s, the Peoples Party has been under intense criticism even inside the members and the leftists in the country, notable the charges of large scale corruptions. The leading lefitst, Nadeem Paracha, asserted that since 1977, the Peoples Party's manifesto has been transformed into centre-right platform, whereas in 1977 parliamentary elections, the Peoples Party's manifesto did not mentioned the "socialism". During the 1973-75, the Peoples Party's radical ultra-left and communist wings led under Mirage Khalid and the Moist wings under Khalid Syed were purged by the Peoples Party to ensure the political support and presence between the powerful Sindh's feudal lords and Punjab's landed elite, Paracha claiming it the Peoples Party has "lost left". While leading left-wing journalist, Mehdi Hasan remarked that Peoples Party is "not a secular party", first declaring Ahmadiyya community as non-Muslims through the second parliamentary amendment, secondly banning the use of liquor; thirdly, the Peoples Party declared Friday as holiday to win the support of religious elements, Mehdi Hasan quoted.
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