In a joint press conference, JI Karachi chief Naeemur Rehman and PTI leaders Imran Ismail and Ali Zaidi said the parties had submitted 47 complaints to the election commission about fake votes and rigging. JI’s Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, PTI’s Ali Zaidi and PPP’s Najmi Alam, all aspiring candidates for the coveted KMC mayor slot, lost. The city heads of all other mainstream parties lost the elections. Even areas such as Korangi, which has seen a fair share of violence in the past, managed to attract over half the registered voters to the polling stations.Īn overwhelmingly large number of women stepped out to elect Karachi’s local representatives during the third and final phase of the LG elections. Despite the Korangi clashes, the MQM managed to clinch five out of the seven union councils in the area.Įxcited by the prospect of voting for a LG setup after almost a decade, Karachiites turned out in large numbers to vote.
“It was the MQM men who took over the polling stations and injured our voters and polling agents,” he alleged. “The Haqiqi terrorists tried to attack our sector office, took over the polling stations and injured 70 of our workers,” he said while addressing a news conference at the MQM Landhi sector office.Īt MQM-H headquarters Baitul Hamza, the party’s vice-chairperson Mohammad Irfan claimed that whenever the MQM was losing, it came out with allegations of rigging. MQM lawmaker Dr Farooq Sattar alleged that the Haqiqi supporters had taken over 25 polling stations in Landhi, and cast bogus votes while pushing out eligible voters from the polling booths. Dozens of political workers were wounded in the clash. The ugliest mishap took place in Landhi, where supporters of the MQM and archrival Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H) came to blows. The party was in the run for 172 seats, and was supporting independent candidates on eight seats.Īlthough citizens had waited with bated breath for the election day, the polling process continued relatively peacefully throughout the day, apart from a few scuffles.
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However, the MQM has retained its position as the largest party in Karachi and is likely to win a majority and install its mayor in the city. The party will be able to elect its chairman of the council. The PPP has grabbed a major chunk in district councils in sub-urban areas by winning more than 20 of a total 38 seats. The committee seats in urban areas fall under the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation while the council seats in rural areas come under district councils, comprising some parts of Malir and District West. The LG structure in Karachi is divided in 209 union committees and 38 union councils. Eight seats have been clinched by independent candidates. While the Jamaat-e-Islami managed to win six seats, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, which heads the federal government, could only manage four seats.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf could only win seven seats. The Pakistan Peoples Party came in second with 29 seats. According to unofficial results received till 1am, the MQM won 110 seats of the total 247 up for grabs in the six districts that went for polls on Saturday. A decade after sweeping the local government elections in Karachi, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) looks set to repeat the feat.
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