Dasti decides to join PML-N
MUZAFFARGARH
Outspoken former PPP MNA Jamshed Dasti who have won two National Assembly seats NA-177 and NA-178 as Independent candidate on Monday decided to join Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N). Dasti won general election as Independent candidate from NA-177 and NA-178 constituencies of Muzaffargarh. He secured 76,562 votes against Nawabzada Nasarullah's son Nawabzada Mansoor in NA-177 and defeated former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khari's father Noor Rabbani with 79,198 votes in NA-178 constituency. On April 4, Dasti was disqualified from elections and sentenced to three years in jail with Rs5,000 fine by the District and Sessions court Muzaffargarh on account of having a fake degree. However, later the Lahore High Court Multan Bench ordered his release and cleared him for contesting election.