PPP reposes confidence in coalition allies after shock by-poll defeat: Sharjeel.

KARACHI -- Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon on Monday said that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) would continue to support the coalition parties, a day after the shock defeat suffered by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the crucial Punjab by-polls.

'We will not leave the coalition parties in any difficult circumstances and the PPP will continue to stand by its allies,' the provincial information minister said while talking to media persons after a meeting of the PPP's Central Executive Committee (CEC) in Karachi.

He added that the PPP had always chosen the path of struggle and that it had faced similar circumstances in the past.

The PPP stalwart also announced that the party will ensure its presence in the crucial huddle scheduled in Lahore tomorrow (Tuesday) to discuss the outcome of the Punjab by-elections.

According to the minister, the incumbent parliament will complete its term...