Masses reject PPP,PML-N in by-election: Qureshi

MULTAN, Mar 31 (APP)::Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood
Qureshi on Sunday said the masses had rejected the Pakistan
People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N)
in the by-election in PP-218 (Multan VIII) and reposed confidence
on policies of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government.

He said this in a press conference at residence of PTI
candidate Malik Wasif Raan at Qadirpur Raan.

PTI candidate Wasif Raan got majority in the by-election
against rival candidate of PPP Malik Arshid Raan, he said.

Qureshi said the masses of Multan had rejected
the baseless propaganda of the both parties against the PTI
government and voted the PTI candidate.

The masses gave a message that they were with the PTI
in its struggle against corruption, the foreign minister said
and congratulated Prime Minister Imran Khan for victory
in by-polls in PP-218.

The victory of the PTI had strengthened the government’s
resolve against corruption once again, he added.

Qureshi observed that former prime minister Yusuf Raza
Gilani, former MNAs Musa Gilani, Abdul Ghaffar Dogar, Sikandar
Bosan, former MPAs Shoukat Bosan, Rai Mansab and others
launched a campaign against the PTI candidate.

He said that political rivals had used indecent language
during the election campaign but the masses voted for the
PTI candidate.

To a question, Qureshi said:” According to my information,
the Gilani family was planning to join the PML-N”.