ISLAMABAD – The PPP’s winning a third term has raised the all-importantquestion as to who will be the party’s pick for the next chief minister ofSindh.
Several senior and influential leaders, who have secured a position in theprovincial assembly, are in the race for the coveted post of the CM.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, however, has hinted at installingMurad Ali Shah as Sindh CM again.
Apart from him, other leaders, who are in contention, include PPPco-chairman Asif Ali Zardari’s sister Faryal Talpur, who holds considerablesway within the party ranks, and former provincial minister Nasir Shah.
PPP has once again emerged as the dominant force on Sindh’s political scenewith winning a simple majority of 71 seats.
It swept elections in Kashmore, Sukkur Dadu, Jamshoro, Thatta andKamber-Shahdadkot districts. However, in a major upset, PPP ChairmanBilawal Bhutto Zardari lost NA-246 seat in Lyari, a traditional strongholdof the PPP, to a PTI candidate.
The PPP leader could account for a mere 39325 votes and stood third. PTI’sAbdul Shakoor Shad won the seat by securing 52,750 votes, followed byTehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) candidate who bagged 42,345 votes.