BADIN: Estranged leader of the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) Mumtaz Ali Bhutto said on Wednesday that he has been ‘unofficially expelled’ from the N-league for raising his voice in favour of Sindh.

The former Sindh caretaker chief minister was speaking to reporters after offering his condolences on the demise of his old companion, Dr Ali Akber Bhurgri, in Badin city earlier today.

Bhutto, who is a cousin of the late Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and the chief of the Sindh National Front (SNF), had merged his nationalist party with the PML-N in May 2012 – a year before the PML-N came to power after sweeping the general elections. But the nationalist leader had since developed serious differences with the Sharif brothers.

Bhutto said that he had joined the PML-N for the sake of Sindh and its people.

“I had raised my voice in favour of Sindh and for that reason, me and my son Amir Bux Bhutto were unofficially expelled from the party,” he said.

Speaking on reports of an invitation to join the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Bhutto said that he had always had friendly relations with party chairman Imran Khan, and that he had held a meeting with PTI vice chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi a few days ago in Larkana in a very cordial atmosphere.

Bhutto said that the recent demonstration by PTI in Karachi was one of the largest political gatherings in the city in recent history, which showed that people wanted change and to get rid of a corrupt system imposed through rigged elections.

The senior politician, however, said that he would make any future decision regarding joining any party after consulting with the members of the SNF's governing body.

Bhutto alleged that the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had completely failed to live up to the expectations of the people of Sindh and Punjab for their 'princely attitude' and flawed policies. He predicted that there was no political future for the PML-N in Sindh in the coming years.

Apparently referring to statements by PPP patron-in-chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, he said that those raising the slogans of “Mar wesoon, mar wesoon, par Sindh na desoon” were fooling the people of Sindh in an effort to hide their massive corruption.