Karachi: National People’s Party (NPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) and few other nationalist parties of Sindh are likely to form electoral alliance in the next general elections, parties’ leadership decided on Saturday in a meeting at an Iftar dinner.
The parties would formally announce the alliance by end of September.
PML-F chief Pir Pagaro, Sardar Ali Gohar Mehar, Ghous Bukhsh Mehar, Ejaz Sheerazi, Inayat Talpur, Mir Mumtaz Talpur, Mir Mushtaq Talpur, Dr Ibrahim Jatoi, Aqib Jatoi, Abid Jatoi, Nasir Shahan were among those who attended the dinner, hosted by NPP chairman and MNA Ghulam Murtaza Jatoi, at his residence.
Later, while briefing media representatives, NPP Secretary Information Syed Zia Abbas and PML-F Sindh General Secretary Imtiaz Shaikh said NPP, PML-F, Mehar, Sheerazi, Malkani political groups would jointly contest general elections at the national level, particularly in Sindh and take joint decisions on political and electoral matters.
Commenting on talks with other political parties, they said “we are open for talks with the PPP, PML-N, PTI and MQM over elections, law and order situation, price hike and unemployment.”
Asked about voters’ list, Imtiaz Shaikh said “we have reservations and concerns on the new voters’ list as well as the polling scheme in Sindh and have approached the Election Commission in this regard.
“We have full confidence in Chief Election Commissioner Justice (R) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim and confident he would look into our reservations and resolve them.”
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