Sindh card with PML now: PM

Published February 21, 2007

KARACHI, Feb 20: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said here on Tuesday that the Sindh card was now in the hands of Pakistan Muslim League and it would win the coming general elections. It would take Sindh forward on the path to development and success.

He was addressing a gathering of party workers at the Chief Minister House. The premier congratulated PML on its recent victory in the Jamshoro by-election and said that now people would vote for only those who would work for development.

Talking about the transparency of the elections, he said the government had invited observers from abroad to monitor the next elections.—Agencies

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