Owais Muzaffar Hashmi, alias Tappi. PHOTO: THE NEWS TRIBE
President Asif Ali Zardari’s foster brother, Owais Muzaffar, no longer want to be called ‘Tappi’, the alias that he is arguably better known by.
“Please do not call me ‘Tappi’ as I am Owais Muzaffar,” he said on Monday while having a chat with journalists at Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) media cell. Muzaffar is contesting the upcoming elections from PS-88, Ghora Bari, in Thatta. He was confident that the people of Thatta would make him win the seat handily. He said that the people in constituency had complained about the highhandedness of the police and that he would try to address the issue when he gets elected to power.
Muzaffar added that he would free people in Thatta from the “tyranny” of the Shirazi group, which holds significant political clout there. “Thatta has been the fort of PPP and I will reclaim it,” he said, adding that during its tenure, the party had worked for the downtrodden people who would vote for it again on the basis of its performance.
On the occasion, Shahzado and Zahid Gaho who were earlier affiliated with Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz announced that they had rejoined PPP. Expressing their regret over leaving PPP in the first place they said, “Our family members were diehard workers of the party - they only left it because of a misunderstanding with a few leaders.”
Published in The Express Tribune, April 16th, 2013.
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Don't call me Bilawal Zardari.............call me Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
@mohammad ali siddiqui- where did u get the info that Pir Mazhar wasn't awarded a ticket?! He decided to give his ticket to his son Pir Mujeeb since who has also been active in politics for quite some time and hence wants to officially launch his political career from his own conctituency. Pir sahb has other plans which will be known to us in time :)
"Tappi" is looking forward to become Chief Minister of Sind, provided PPP can win majority of seats in Sindh Assembly, as Syed Qaim Ali Shah is getting order day by day and his Deputy/Senior Minister Pir Mazhar has not been awarded party ticket.
“Thatta has been the fort of PPP and I will reclaim it,” he said
So he is now the face of PPP. He is the next generation of PPP leaders! Even ZAB must be turning in his grave.
Why shouldn't we call him "Topi" instead of "Tappi" since everything he's doing is mere " Topi Drama".
@Yousaf: He is adopted son of hakim zardari and her second wife, frm first marriage hakim had 3 daughters and a son..
@Yousaf: Please do yourself a favor by educating yourself and looking it up in the dictionary. Regarding historical perspective, there are many notable examples in the Islamic history as well.
Can anyone please clarify how is he Asif Zardari's foster brother? Is he son of Late Hakim Zardari or his wife's.