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| India-Pakistan |
| With 74 seats in hand, PPP needs no allies to form govt in Sindh |
| 2018-07-28 |
| [DAWN] With 74 seats the Pakistain Peoples Party looks set to form the government for a third term in a row even after suffering a setback in constituencies such as Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... ’s Lyari ...one of the eighteen constituent towns of the city of Karachi. It is the smallest town by area in the city but also the most densely populated. Lyari has few schools, substandard hospitals, a poor water system, limited infrastructure, and broken roads. It is a stronghold of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party. Ubiquitous gang activity and a thriving narcotics industry make Lyari one of the most disturbed places in Karachi, which is really saying a lot.... and Larkana ‐ both bastions of PPP’s political power ‐ while some leading lights of the much-trumpeted Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) lost in their home constituencies despite their claims that they would beat the PPP hands down in Sindh. Unlike the 2013 general elections, when an unregistered 10-party alliance was created ahead of the polls, the PPP this time confronted an alliance initially formed against bad governance and rampant corruption in Sindh. Lately, it was registered as an electoral alliance by four political parties ‐ the Pakistain Moslem League-Functional, People’s Moslem League of Arbab Ghulam Rahim, Pakistain Peoples Party-Workers of Naheed Khan-Safdar Abbasi and National Peoples Party. Others who were part of the GDA included Ayaz Latif Palijo, Dr Zulfikar Mirza, his wife Dr Fehmida Mirza, and Ghous Ali Shah. |
| Posted by:Fred |