Tsunami in Karachi hits hard; PPP strongholds are expected to join PTI

Tsunami in Karachi hits hard; PPP strongholds are expected to join PTI

Karachi: (Wednesday, December 28, 2011) It seems the PTI’s tsunami in Karachi has hit hard the political pillars of Karachi and Sindh as according to the sources, many of the PPP and other party’s political stalwarts have made
their mind to jump on to “Captain’s” boat.

Although Imran Khan has so far failed to impress the PPP big shots, several local leaders of the ruling party in Malir and Lyari have already succumbed to the temptation of joining the emerging PTI.

Some PPP leaders in Gadap, Bin Qasim and Malir are contemplating joining the PTI as, according to their group leader, the ruling party has failed to deliver. PPP’s leader in Malir Hakeem Baloch, former provincial minister Haji Shafi Muhammad Jamot and former
Nazim Malir Khuda Dino Shah are engaged in talks with PTI leaders, sources said.

Shafi Muhammad Jamot, who is considered the group leader of different communities living in Malir, arranged a luncheon at his residence in Ibrahim Haidery on Tuesday to chalk out their future course of action.

The luncheon was attended by PTI’s central Vice Chairman Admiral (retd) Javed Iqbal, Hakeem Baloch, Khuda Dino Shah, Hussain Lashkari of Rehri Goth, Yusuf Shah of Ibrahim Haideri and other political and community leaders of the Malir district.

One of the participants of the meeting told the reporters that except Jam of Malir Jam Bijar, who is the chief of the Jokhio tribe, almost all other community leaders of the area attended the luncheon.

Prior to the luncheon, PTI’s Senior Vice President Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi met with Shafi Jamot and others on Monday. The sources said that Jamot had informed Qureshi that he would have to consult other elders in Malir before taking a final decision.

In Tuesday’s meeting, the influential political leaders of the area decided in principle to join the PTI, triggering anxiety among the PPP leadership. However, Hakeem Baloch, a member of the PPP Sindh Council, denied joining the PTI. He told the reports that
he attended the luncheon at the invitation of his friend Shafi Jamot.

But Baloch, who served as Sindh’s health minister during the first PPP government following the prolonged military rule of Gen Zia, said that he had reservations over the leadership of the PPP due to the deteriorating law and order situation and lack of development
works in Malir.

Shafi Jamot told the reporters that he had invited PTI leader Admiral Javed Iqbal to the luncheon because they were old friends. “Since, we both are politicians naturally the current political situation was discussed” said the veteran PPP leader.

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