KARACHI: The Sindh’s ruling party Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has nominated unelected candidate Murtaza Wahab, the provincial government’s spokesperson for post of Karachi mayor.
PPP has become the single largest party with 155 members, including the reserved seats, in the 367-strong house and elections for the mayor Karachi slot are scheduled to be held on June 15.
As no single party has a simple majority of 179 votes in the house at present, the count that is needed to ascertain who wins the coveted seat of the port city’s mayor. As per the latest statistics, the total number of the PPP, PML-N and JUI-F is 175.
In the 367 house, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has emerged as the second largest party with total 130 seats, including the reserved seats, while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) bagged a total 63 seats. The alliance between the two parties stands at 193. Apparently, the alliance has enough numbers to win the coveted seat but the PPP has been claiming that a “jiyala” will rule the metropolis this time.
Sindh Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that no one is pressurised but if someone decides to vote as per their “conscience” then they will respect their decision.
Besides announcing the candidates for mayor and deputy slots, the PPP also unveiled a list of candidates for the positions of chairman and vice-chairman in 13 towns of the mega city.
As per the details, the ruling party in the province finalsed name of Salman Abdullah Murad for the slot of Karachi deputy mayor.
