Former PTI-backed MPA elect Ejaz Swati feels the heat for casting vote to PPP

KARACHI: PTI backed independent members who have joined the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) raised slogans in Sindh Assembly against Ejaz Swati casted his vote to PPP nominated candidate Awais Qadir Shah, over switching loyalties towards PPP after winning the polls on ‘PTI ticket’.

PTI-backed independent members’ are not participating in the voting process of the new speaker of speaker of the Sindh Assembly.

Less than a week after winning the election on a Sindh Assembly seat in Karachi, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-backed independent candidate Ejaz Swati switched sides and announced joining the Pakistan Peoples Party.

Swati had emerged victorious from PS-88 in district Malir. He was also the district president of the PTI.

In a video statement, the MPA-elect said that after winning the election, he had discussed the situation with his elders and people of the constituency and reached the decision to join the PPP for the sake of his constituents.

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