JI condemns PPP’s ‘ploy’ to delay polls in remaining UCs

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Ameer Engr Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has strongly condemned the Pakistan People Party over what he called was a conspiracy to further delay the local government (LG) elections in the remaining 11 union councils in Karachi.

Local government elections were withheld in 11 union councils due to demise of the candidates. However, the result of these 11 seats could turn the table in favour of JI which lags behind PPP with six seats in the race for the mayor of Karachi.

"PPP does not want the local government setup in the province in first place," Rehman said in his reaction to PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari's statement for challenging the schedule of April 18 polls in 11 union councils.

The JI leader said in a statement issued from Idara Noor-e-Haq, the JI Karachi headquarters, on Monday that the He said that Bilawal's statement regarding challenging the date in the Sindh High Court was the continuation of the conspiracy to keep Karachiites deprived of their due rights and particularly an empowered elected local government.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 21^st, 2023.