KARACHI: A day after bagging NA-157 (Multan) and NA-237 (Karachi Malir) seats during the hotly-contested by-polls, former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari yesterday said that the people of Multan and Malir have settled score with the "political nomads".

Expressing satisfaction over the inclusion of two jiyalas (PPP political workers) in the National Assembly, he reiterated in a statement that South Punjab will become a province one day. "This is my promise and Bilawal Bhutto's manifesto," he added.

He said that victories in Multan and Malir belonged to PPP workers, adding that they were matchless and had no competition.

Zardari also congratulated Ali Musa Geelani and Hakeem Baloch for winning the elections.

He also thanked the people of Multan and Malir for voting for PPP. Based on PTI’s popularity and its momentum, many expected that the party would clean sweep the Sunday's by-polls. However, PPP made inroads, with Hakeem Baloch winning in Karachi and Ali Musa Gilani in Multan.

Soon after the results, Foreign Minister and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, taking to Twitter, congratulated both the candidates.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, PPP provincial president Nisar Khuhro and CM’s aide Waqar Mehdi also congratulated Musa and Baloch for their victory in the by-elections.

The chief minister said Multan was the hub of the PPP and the success in Karachi had shown that it’s people still stood with the party.

He especially congratulated Musa’s father, ex-premier Gilani, and attributed the victory to the activists of slain PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto.

Published in The Daily National Courier, October, 18 2022

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