A file photo of Saifuddin Khosa. PHOTO: EXPRESS
More parliamentarians are expected to join the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) following in the footsteps of Saifuddin Khosa, MNA Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) who joined the PPP on Wednesday.
Saifuddin’s departure from PML-N has caused ripples in the political landscape of Dera Ghazi Khan.
Parliamentarians who are in direct contact with Khosa include MPA Amjad Khosa and former MPA PML-N Mohsin Khosa, sources have told The Express Tribune. Shibli Ghauri, District President PPP confirmed contact between the parliamentarians.
Amjad Khosa joined PML-N only recently, following differences between Zulfiqar Khosa and the Punjab government. He had joined PML-N with a list of demands which have not yet been met.
He voiced his protest almost three times in this regard during meetings with Nawaz Sharif. He had also publicly voiced his disappointment over commitments to him not being fulfilled.
Chances are high that Amjad and Mohsin Khosa will join the PPP due to their respective differences with PML-N. They have reportedly been in continuous contact with Saifuddin in order to negotiate with the party.
Anonymous sources from both the PPP and PML-N have told The Express Tribune that both political parties are now aiming for the support of the Legharis who have taken a back seat in politics due to the political circumstances in South Punjab, more specifically in Dera Ghazi Khan.
The Legharis and Khosas have always been political rivals in the politics of the area.
Owais and Jamal Leghari have both joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf and Jafar Leghari is currently representing PML-Q. Owais did not resign from his seat in the National Assembly after joining PTI, which is in clear contradiction of his party’s policy.
If the negotiations between the Legharis and Khosas according to the old seat adjustment are successful, then a great fraction of the Leghari tribe would be poised to join PML-N.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 24th, 2013.
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Brother haroon farooq it dosnt mean that zulfqar khosa has zero votes. i just want to tell that saif khosa made his own hard word on NA 173. and you asked me that the result of pp 243 in by elections hasaam khosa got 25000 votes, brother bye elections always i mean moslty goes in favour of ruling party, anyway look forward now eletions are comming soon inshallah, my predictions about Dg khan poliitics.NA 171 Sirdar Amjad khosa. NA 172 cant say anything, NA 173 Owais leghari. pp 240, 80% meer Badshah. pp241 80% Fateh muhammad or his son Usman khan. pp242 90% Mohsin Atta khosa. pp243 80% any1 from leghari group. pp244 50 50 tough for Dost Mohammad khosa, pp 245 90% leghari family if leghari family put one candidate. pp246 70% yousaf Khan leghari...
I am sorry,ur name says DGK but ur analysis is way off. You say Zulfiqar has no vote in NA-173?r u kidding me? Just look at recent by elections of PP-243, where saif openly campaigned against his eldest brother Hasham but still Hasham won by taking more then 25000 and i hope u know better that PP-243 falls in NA-173. And if Saif has all the major votes then why did not his PP-246 provincial panel candidate Major Kamran not left the party along with him?brother just look at the 2002 elections,Saif ran from PP-244 but this time Zulfiqar ran Dost Muhammad from here. Its Zulfiqar who makes all the decisions and he as head of the tribe makes the decisions and then the whole tribe votes as per his orders. Saif was thrown out by his father in May 2012 and Saif countless efforts to reconcile his differences with Zulfiqar and even contacted Chaudhry Nisar but Nisar turned him down since Zulfiqar had told Mian Nawaz not to worry about Saif since he was no longer a welcomed part of the family and that PMLN knew that Saif is worthless without his father and so he had to go. And brother the worth of Saif can be seen from this whole thing that when he joined PPP,no one from DGK joined PPP alongwith him.
in 1st comment i want to correct that Mohsin khosa is not son of Amjad Khosa he is his first cousion and 3 times elected MPA on pp242. Sardar Amjad Farooq khosa and sardar mohsin Atta khan khosa are not joining ppp because they have already joined PML N. Secondly Saif khosa has his own vote bank on NA173 and his father has no votes on this NA173. saif khosa is still strong candidate even his father himself come against him on this seat because of non serious attitude from legharis and absenty programme. Khosas of BahadurGarh i mean Sardar Mohsin Atta khosa, Amjad Farooq khosa, Khurram Abbas Khosa, Abdul Qadir Khosa e.t.c are now in good position on pp242,NA171. if khosas of Bahadurgarh support legharis on NA173 Saif Khosa as no chance to win. Khosas of BahadurGarh's desicion make the result on NA173.