I can never part ways with PPP: Fahim

Fahim hoses down speculation of him attempting to create a forward block within the party

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) stalwart Makhdoom Amin Fahim on Sunday hosed down speculation of him attempting to create a forward block within the party due to differences with the party leadership. 

Speaking to reporters after a meeting with former president Asif Ali Zardari at Bilawal House in Karachi, Fahim said, “My relationship with the PPP is not such that I can part ways with it.”

Fahim and Zardari met amid reports that Fahim has decided to part ways with the party after being constantly sidelined.

“He was neither made the opposition leader in the National Assembly nor was his son inducted in the Sindh government as a chief minister, which was promised by Benazir Bhutto,” a senior PPP leader and close aide of the PPP stalwart told The Express Tribune on condition of anonymity.

Recent differences emerged following a PPP convention held in Lahore, where Zardari criticised many senior leaders, advising them to leave the party, the sources added.

Further, the former president had appointed Sherry Rehman as vice president of PPP a while ago, without the consultation of Fahim, who reportedly expressed reservations over the decision.

After Fahim met former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, the main accused in the Benazir Bhutto murder case, rumour had it that Fahim was set to join an ‘anti-PPP’ group.