ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday asked the PPP government in Sindh and AJK to lift the decades-old ban on students union in academic institutions allowing the students to participate in healthy democratic activities in preparation for their future role in national politics. He also asked the two governments to make appropriate legislation and rules in this regard. He gave this call during his meeting with delegation of the activists of Peoples Students Federation (PSF) from KPK that called on him in the Zardari House today. Giving details of Friday’s activities, Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the PSF is one of the six delegations that called on him Friday evening as part of the PPP chairman’s political stock taking in the federal capital focusing on the party matters in KPK and FATA. A three-decade-old ban on students union is part of the disastrous legacy of military dictator Zia that must be banished, the sooner the better, Bilawal said adding that PPP must take a lead in illuming the path in this regard. He said that he is happy that the Senate had also recently taken up the issue. “I urge the PPP governments in Sindh and AJK to take appropriate measures urgently to lift the ban on student unions,” he added. He further said that removing ban on student unions would promote democratic culture and even encourage promotion of an environment of discussion, debate and tolerance. Those who argue that union activity would promote violence and are betraying a mindset that distrusts the youth, he added. Earlier, addressing the various wings of the Party’s KPK chapter Chairman Bilawal said that the PPP is an ideological party and together we will dispel the fears that the party is deviating from its ideological moorings. Bilawal said that losing or wining an election does not matter as much as adherence to ideological principles does. It is our ideology that enabled us to fight the military dictatorship of Zia and Musharraf and a civilian dictatorship wanting to become “ameerul momineen” the so-called leader of the faithful. We must struggle for our cause and for our principles; we will, he added.