PPPP veteran joins PML

MULTAN—A veteran PPPP leader, Khanzada Younis Raza Gillani, who had once served as polling agent of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, ended his 40-year association with the party and joined PML along with 5000 supporters from his ‘Beraderi’ here Thursday. People raised slogans in support of PML and distributed sweets as Younis Gillani announced to join the PML at a ceremony in the presence of city district nazim Mian Faisal Mukhtar, according to a press statement issued here on Thursday. Gillani accused the local PPPP leadership of ignoring die-hard workers and widening gap between the central leadership of the party and workers. Mian Faisal Mukhtar said, the PPPP chairperson was pursuing personal agenda while disregarding interests of the people. He said by opposing Kalabagh dam, PPPP leadership was actually harming the interests of the growers. Absence of additional water reservoirs means high cost on electricity to discourage production and leave the people in the jaws of price hike, he added.—Online