PTI, GDA accuse PPP of using govt machinery to win NA-205 by-election
(WorldNews Pakistan)

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) on Saturday accused the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), the ruling party of Sindh, of using government machinery to support its candidate in the NA-205 Ghotki by-election. The seat had fallen vacant in May after Ali Mohammad Mahar, the federal minister for narcotics control, died of a heart attack. The by-election for the seat has been scheduled for July 18. Analysts are expecting tough competition in the constituency as Ahmad Ali Mahar, son of the late Ali Mohammad, is contesting as an independent candidate like his father who, however, later joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) after winning the July 2018 polls...