Changing alliances: Former PML-N leader joins PPP
Shafiq, a former education secretary, had joined PML-N in August 2012 after an alleged rift with his Mir Hassan
KARACHI:
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and bureaucrat-turned-politician Mir Shafiq Khan Khoso, along with his tribesmen, announced joining Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Monday.
Those who announced to join PPP include Mir Amir Khan Khoso, Mir Fakhruddin Khoso, Haji Khair Muhammad Khoso, Muhammad Khan Khoso, Mir Umar Khan Khoso, Dr Zahid Khan Khoso, Mir Altaf Khan Khoso, Mir Atif Khan Khoso, Mir Hanif Khan Khoso, Muhammad Essa Khoso, Nazir Ahmed Khoso and Hamad Khan Khoso.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 15th, 2016.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and bureaucrat-turned-politician Mir Shafiq Khan Khoso, along with his tribesmen, announced joining Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Monday.
He spoke at CM House in the presence of PPP Sindh chapter president chief minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and MNA Faryal Talpur.
Shafiq hails from a leading political family of Thul taluka in District Jacobabad. His father, Mir Darya Khan Khoso, served as a MNA and member of Majlis-e-Shoora. His elder brother, late Mir Hassan Khoso served as MPA on PPP ticket twice.
Shafiq, a former education secretary, had joined PML-N in August 2012 after an alleged rift with his Mir Hassan.
Those who announced to join PPP include Mir Amir Khan Khoso, Mir Fakhruddin Khoso, Haji Khair Muhammad Khoso, Muhammad Khan Khoso, Mir Umar Khan Khoso, Dr Zahid Khan Khoso, Mir Altaf Khan Khoso, Mir Atif Khan Khoso, Mir Hanif Khan Khoso, Muhammad Essa Khoso, Nazir Ahmed Khoso and Hamad Khan Khoso.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 15th, 2016.