KARACHI: Both the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) emerged victorious with one Union Council (UC) seat each in Karachi Local Government (LG) elections following a vote recount by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued a notification, announcing the victory of PTI and PPP in two union councils (UCs) of Karachi – UC-8 Safoora Town in District East and UC-4 Gadap Town in District Malir, following a vote recount.
On the other hand PTI leader Arsalan Taj, in a statement, accused the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) of connivance with the ruling PPP in changing the results of the seats. “The public mandate was stolen with the use of state machinery,” he claimed.
Meanwhile, the PPP secured seats of UC chairman and vice chairman in Gadap Town – which was earlier won by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI). The JI candidate lost the seat by 166 votes in the vote recount.
It is pertinent to mention here that Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has lost two union council seats so far in vote recount. Earlier, the Jamaat-e-Islami lost the union council seat in UC-6 Safoora Town in District East.
The PPP emerged as the single largest party after the local government (LG) elections in Karachi held on January 15 followed by the Jamaat-e-Islami. The ECP is yet to hold polling on the remaining 11 union councils in Karachi to complete the electoral process.
