KARACHI – Pakistan Peoples Party has nominated party stalwart Murtaza Wahab for the position of Karachi mayor as elections for top slots of local governments in Sindh will be held on June 15.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari made the announcement on Twitter. He congratulated all the nominees for chairman, deputy chairman, mayor and deputy mayor, adding: “The people have expressed faith in the PPP”.
“Now let’s go win the next round and get going with what we do best, serving the people. A special thank you to Hyderabad & Karachi for trusting us for the first time. I have full faith that Mr. Shoro & Mr. [Murtaza] Wahab will be the first but not the last PPP mayors of our two great cities,” he wrote.
Congratulations to all PPP nominees for Chairman, dep chairman, mayor, dep mayor and towns. The people have expressed faith in the ppp. Now let’s go win the next round and get going with with what we do best, serving the people. A special thank you to Hyderabad & Karachi for… https://t.co/guI90tuDYB
— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) June 5, 2023
As per schedule for the final phase of local government elections in Sindh, the respective electoral colleges will elect chairmen and vice chairmen of municipal corporations, town municipal corporations, municipal committees, town committees and district councils.
The candidates can file nomination papers on June 9 and 10, while the scrutiny of nomination papers will be carried out on June 11.
Candidates will have the option to withdraw their nomination papers until June 14 and on June 15, voting will commence at 8am and continue until 5pm.
In Karachi, 180 votes are required in the City Council by any party to win the slot of mayor.
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has announced its support for the candidate of the Jamaat-i-Islami, which claimed to have support of 193 elected members. The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), however, lacks majority to win the mayoral election in Karachi.
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