LG elections: PPP wins Mithi’s 15-ward municipal committee unopposed
The opponents, mostly supported by Arbab Ghulam Rahim of PML-N, withdrew.
HYDERABAD/MITHI:
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has won unopposed the 15-ward municipal committee of Mithi, on which the local government polls were scheduled for December 30. All the opponents, mostly supported by Arbab Ghulam Rahim of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N), withdrew from the contest.
The revised list of candidates was displayed on December 21. A district council member of the PML-N, Sagar Meghwadh, from one of the six union councils which will go to polls on December 30, also retired, letting the PPP's Chetan Meghwadh to bag the seat without contest.
The victory has dealt another blow in Tharparkar to the influential Arbab family, who had won the LG polls of both 2001 and 2005. The PPP has already won 50 seats of district council members in the district council, Tharparkar, which consists of 64 union councils and five of the six town committees in the district.
The Mithi municipal committee was one of the local councils on which polling was deferred on November 19 on the Supreme Court's order over the delimitation issue. After redrawing the constituencies, the number of wards was increased from five to 15.
"The people of Thar were long annoyed with Arbabs," said PPP MPA Dr Mahesh Malani and MNA Faqir Sher Mohammad Bilalani while celebrating their victory. "They supported our party because we gave them the freedom to cast their votes."
Published in The Express Tribune, December 22nd, 2015.
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has won unopposed the 15-ward municipal committee of Mithi, on which the local government polls were scheduled for December 30. All the opponents, mostly supported by Arbab Ghulam Rahim of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N), withdrew from the contest.
The revised list of candidates was displayed on December 21. A district council member of the PML-N, Sagar Meghwadh, from one of the six union councils which will go to polls on December 30, also retired, letting the PPP's Chetan Meghwadh to bag the seat without contest.
The victory has dealt another blow in Tharparkar to the influential Arbab family, who had won the LG polls of both 2001 and 2005. The PPP has already won 50 seats of district council members in the district council, Tharparkar, which consists of 64 union councils and five of the six town committees in the district.
The Mithi municipal committee was one of the local councils on which polling was deferred on November 19 on the Supreme Court's order over the delimitation issue. After redrawing the constituencies, the number of wards was increased from five to 15.
"The people of Thar were long annoyed with Arbabs," said PPP MPA Dr Mahesh Malani and MNA Faqir Sher Mohammad Bilalani while celebrating their victory. "They supported our party because we gave them the freedom to cast their votes."
Published in The Express Tribune, December 22nd, 2015.