Goodbye: Dasti quits PPP over dispute with FM

He also declares that he will contest in elections as an independent candidate from NA- 177 and NA-178 constituencies.

MULTAN: Jamshaid Dasti announced on Friday his departure from Pakistan Peoples Party based on his differences with Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar over contesting election from NA-177 constituency.

He also declared that he will contest the upcoming elections as an independent candidate from NA- 177 and NA-178 constituencies.

With reference to the current trend of politicians leaving PPP to join Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakisan Tehreek-e-Insaf, he said that he will never oppose PPP.

Dasti has been embroiled in fake degree case, with a petition before the regional election commission asking to declare him ineligible to contest elections under articles 62 and 62 of the constitution of Pakistan.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 16^th, 2013.