and Anas Sarwar but in the election happening today, PTI in Scotland is supporting Anas Sarwar with full vigour while PML-N is going against him because of the fact that Muhammad Sarwar defected to the PTI a few months ago - a decision which caused humiliation to the PML-N leadership who faced lots of opposition from within and outside when they decided to appoint the former Labour MP as the governor of the biggest province of Pakistan. As fate would have it, PTI in Scotland had held demonstration against Muhammad Sarwar when he came to Pakistan to support the joint party campaign, which succeeded in defeating the ‘No’ campaign which wanted independence from Britain.
Anas Sarwar was not available to comment but Tahir Inaam Sheikh, a close aide of Muhamamd Sarwar, told The News that PML-N’s campaign against Anas in Glasgow Central is “of no significance”.
He added: “Sarwars have a long history of serving the local community wholeheartedly. They have won many battles against the odds and it will be no different this time. The race is no doubt tight but Anas Sarwar will win comfortably as he has the support of all local communities, including Pakistanis and other ethnic minorities.”
Separately, PTI Azad Kashmir leader Barrister Sultan Mahmood is running campaigns in various constituencies for candidates from the Labour, Liberal Democrats and Tories.
He told The News that he was meeting candidates to appeal to them to support the cause of Kashmir. Barrister Sultan said he was only concerned about the issue of Kashmir and would like the winning candidates and parties to hold the “Indian government accountable for violation of human rights of Kashmiris at a mass scale”.
Muttahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) would like to see George Galloway lose to Naz Shah in Bradford West. Officials of the party have sent their best wishes to British Pakistani campaigner Naz Shah who has strongly challenged Galloway in Bradford West. Galloway has lately issued statements against the MQM leader on social media and the MQM has responded with asking Pakistani community to “oust” the “absentee” Galloway.