KARACHI (HRNW) Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) former MPA Mir Mumtaz Hussain Jakhrani on Wednesday announced to contest election from PS-3 Jacobabadas an independent candidate, parting ways with the party as he was denied the party ticket, ARY News reported.
Disappointed with the party’s decision, Mir Mumtaz Hussain Jakhrani said that Aurangzaib Panhwar who was defeated in the last polls has been awarded the PPP ticket. “I was ignored by the party on the advice of some local leaders,” he said while announcing to contest the poll from PS-3 Jacobabad as an independent candidate.
Mir Mumtaz Hussain Jakhrani was elected member Sindh Assembly on the PPP’s ticket twice from 2013 to 2018 and 2018 to 2023. During his first term as the lawmaker, he had also served as minister for transport and population welfare.