DADU: Defections continue

Published December 19, 2007

DADU, Dec 18: A group of PPP activists of Lakki Shah Saddar announced of joining the PML and supporting Liaquat Ali Jatoi of PML and Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah of Sindh United Party.

They made the announcementat a public gathering in Sehwan, addressed by Liaquat Jatoi, PML candidate for PS-73 Sehwan and NA-232, and Jalal Mehmood Shah, Sindh United Party candidate for NA-231.—BoC

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