A Group of 30 lawyers belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) on Thursday announced their joining the Pakistan People’s Party after meeting the provincial and Karachi leadership of the PPP.
The delegation of 30 law practitioners, led by Advocate KK Javed Khan, belonged to the lawyers’ forum of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz).
Speaking on the occasion, Sindh Information and Labour Minister, Saeed Ghani said that people belonging to different walks of life had been joining the PPP as they had complete confidence in the leadership of the party’s Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
He expressed gratitude to the group belonging to legal fraternity in the country for showing confidence in the PPP by joining the party.
He said that God willing the PPP would emerge as the largest political party in the next bar, local government, provincial and National assemblies’ elections in the country.
He said that it was a matter of immense pleasure for him that people belonging to a very learned section of society who had complete understanding of the public issues, had decided to join the PPP.
He assured the new entrants in the party that the time would prove that their decision to join the PPP was right.
Also speaking on the occasion, PPP Sindh General Secretary, Waqar Mehdi, said that the People’s Party truly represented underprivileged labourers and farmers in the country.
He said the PPP fully believed in the devolution of power as that was why the party’s leadership had devolved powers to the PPP leaders at the lowest tier.
General Secretary of Peoples Lawyers’ Forum in Sindh, Arshad Naqvi, also welcomed the group of lawyers on their decision to join the PPP.
Those others who joined the PPP included Additional General Secretary of PML(N) Lawyers’ Forum in Sindh, Abdul Sadiq Tanoli, SM Khalid Azhar, and Joint Secretary of the woman section of PML(N) Lawyers’ Forum in Karachi, Hassan Bano. President of Karachi Lawyers’ Forum, Qazi Basheer, was also present on the occasion.