PPP workers, leaders from Keamari switch allegiance to PML-F

KARACHI: A group of political workers and local leaders from different parts of Keamari district, formerly associated with the Pakistan Peoples Party, joined the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional at Functional League House in Clifton during a meeting with PML-F Sindh Secretary General Sardar Abdul Rahim.

Those who announced their decision to join PML-F included Noor-ul-Amin, Usman, Azeem, Abu Bakar Siddiq, Jafar Hussain, Muzammal Khan, Rais Khan, Muhammad Younis, Muhammad Yousuf, Ameer Hamza, Farhan, Habib-ur-Rehman, Abdul Haleem, Nasir Ahmed, Muhammad Shahzad, Zulfiqar Khan, Syed Dildar Shah, Nauman Khan, Jameel Ahmed, Imtiaz Ahmed, Zohaib Ahmed, Dilawar Hussain Shah, Daniyal Shah, Muhammad Sajjad, Muhammad Juman, Shoaib Khan, Aslam Jan, Faiq Ameen, Muhammad Ameer, Shahid, Muhammad Zeeshan and Ali Asghar, among others.

PML-F Sindh leaders Waqar Jatt and Abdul Karim Shar, Keamari District President Nazir Ahmed Rand, Muzammal Shah and other party office-bearers were also present at the event.

Rahim outlines party position

Addressing the delegation, Sardar Abdul Rahim said the new entrants had taken what he described as the correct step at the appropriate time. He said the party followed the philosophy of United Sindh, Strong Pakistan and presented itself as a political platform open to people of every background, irrespective of ethnicity, language, colour or religion.

Rahim also criticised the PPP-led government over conditions in Keamari. He alleged that residents of the district had been denied basic civic amenities. He further claimed that drug use had spread widely in the area and that development funds amounting to millions of rupees had been embezzled.

According to Abdul Rahim, a number of localities in Keamari still do not have essential public services, to the extent that the district appeared to have been pushed back by a century. He said roads were badly damaged, the sewerage network had become ineffective, and health and education facilities remained insufficient.

The development adds to PML-F’s organisational activity in Sindh as the party seeks to draw support from local political workers in Karachi’s Keamari district.