Aziz Abro of PML-N joins PPP

Senior PML-N office bearer from Sindh Aziz Abro announced his decision to join rival Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP). He made the announcement at a press conference along with senior PPP leader Agha Siraj Durrani. Speaking on this occasion, Durrani said that a new local body system would be introduced in Sindh with the support of MQM. “We can hold elections under the current local body system in six months. But for this, we will have to re-promulgate local body ordinance.” He said that talks were underway with MQM. To a question, he said that PPP did not sell any Sindh islands. “Zufliqarabad is for the betterment of people of Sindh,” he maintained.