The Mahar brothers of Ghotki on Wednesday joined Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) at a press conference with PPP MNA Faryal Talpur at the Gohar Palace in Khangarh on Wednesday. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah were also present on the occasion.
Some members of the Mahar group, including Ali Nawaz Khan alias Raja Mahar, Sardar Mohammad Bux Mahar, Ali Mohammad Mahar, Sardar Ali Gohar Mahar and Nasir Shah would formally announce their joining PPP at a public gathering later. PPP Leader Faryal Talpur speaking at the press conference said that the district Ghotki had always remained fort of Pakistan People Party. She highly welcomed the Mahar group to join the PPP adding that under the party programme and policies laid by President Asif Ali Zardari, the Sindh province has become self sufficient in food productivity particularly in the crops of wheat, rice, sugarcane and pulses.