PPP expels leader for ties with banned outfit
The party has also issued notices to other candidates for the same reason.
Islamabad: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has expelled the party’s federal council member Haji Muzafar Ali Shujra for acquiring support of a banned outfit for the general elections.
The party has also issued notices to other candidates for the same reason. The PPP made it clear that it was against any alliance with the banned outfits as done by the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and will accept defeat, but not tolerate any such alliance.
Former PPP provincial minister Shujra was running his campaign as an independent candidate and had joined hands with banned ASWJ leader Allama Aurangzeb Farooqui. Farooqui is contesting on Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party’s platform. in the NA-238, Malir, constituency.
The party’s Karachi President Saeed Ghani has also issued show-cause notices to NA-251 candidate Jameel Zia and PS-119 candidate Agha Zahir Shah and intimated them that their meetings with banned outfit members were against the party’s discipline and they should explain their position on the matter.
In a tweet from the official account of the ASWJ, the Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party announced its support for PPP candidates Haji Jameel Zia and Agha Zahir Shah in NA-251 and PS-119, respectively, which largely covered neighbourhoods of Orangi Town.