Noted PPP leader Mahendar Dev Lakhani joins PTI

UMERKOT:A Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Umerkot leader and president of Pakistan Suthar Community Sindh, Mahendar Dev Lakhani quit PPP and joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) .

Talking to media in Umerkot on Thursday, Lakhani said that he joined PTI during a meeting with PTI leader and MPA Haleem Adil Sheikh at the latter’s office in Karachi.

PTI is a nationalist party and he has joined it to serve the people with more eagerness as whole nation has great hopes only in Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Lakhani said: “I remained in PPP for long time. I also contested elections on PPP ticket in 1993. Now, I cannot remain with PPP any more in current situation as it is no more party of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto.

The PPP has given nothing but hopelessness to the people of Sindh during its last 10-year rule.

Haleem Adil Shaikh congratulated Lakhani on joining the PTI and expressed the hope that the new PTI leader would perform good service for minorities.