DACCA: The Information Secretary of the Pakistan People’s Party will ... report to Chairman Z.A. Bhutto on the activity of the party’s delegation in East Pakistan and to hand over the list of candidates who seek People’s Party’s nomination in the forthcoming by-elections in East Pakistan. … The members of the People’s Party delegation are not keeping their activities restricted to exploring the possibility of recruiting members only but are “exchanging views” with the leaders of other parties with whom they do not necessarily see eye to eye. ...

Meanwhile, Kasi Kader, an erstwhile leader of the Qayyum Muslim League ... announced his decision to quit the organisation.... His meeting with Chairman Bhutto in Karachi ... and further talks with members of the PPP delegation in Dacca and finally his resignation from the Qayyum Muslim League have given credence to ... speculations.

… Kasi Kader also gave an impressive list of 60 ... members of the Qayyum League in East Pakistan, who he claimed were also leaving the party with him. He could, however, show the signatures of only 23. Asked if he was going to join the People’s Party, Kasi Kader said they would soon ... take a decision....

Published in Dawn, October 15th, 2021