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PPP’s Umerkot by-poll victory echoes in Sindh Assembly
PPP lawmakers set aside agenda, laud Ameer Ali Shah s victory
Sindh Assembly Session. PHOTO: NNI
KARACHI:
Setting aside the agenda, the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party lawmakers discussed the Umerkot by-election during the Sindh Assembly session on Monday.
The Umerkot elections, which PPP candidate Syed Ameer Ali Shah won by defeating former Sindh chief minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim, who was contesting on Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) ticket, dominated the proceedings. The seat fell vacant after the death of Ali Mardan Shah.
The session started with Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani presiding. The newly-elected MPA took oath amid Jeay Bhutto slogans. He applauded the party leadership for nominating him to contest the by-polls from PS 52 Umerkot from where his father Ali Mardan Shah has been winning candidate for last three decades.