MQM-P wins 20 seats from Karachi division

MQM-P claims that it has regained its lost mandate and held victory celebrations

KARACHI:

With 20 provincial assembly seats from the Karachi Division, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) was leading, followed by independent candidates who bagged 10 seats of the Sindh Assembly from the megapolis.

MQM-P claimed that it has regained its lost mandate and held victory celebrations.

The Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) also managed to secure nine seats from the provincial capital to further strengthen its position in the Sindh Assembly while the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan got only two of its candidates returned successful, according to the unofficial results of 41 out of 47 seats of Karachi division announced so far by the returning officers.

Of the five PA seats of District South, three were secured by independent candidates and one each as clinched by the PPPP and the MQM-P. Independent candidate Sajjad Ali won PS-106 Karachi South-I, PPPP's Muhammad Yousuf PS-107 Karachi South-II, MQM-P's Muhammad Dilawar PS-108 Karachi South-III, independent candidate Bilal Hussain Khan Jadoon PS-109 Karachi South-IV, and independent candidate Rehan Bandukra PS-110 Karachi South-V by 47,450 votes.

Out of nine PA seat of Central district, the MQM-P claimed eight and one by the JI. JI's Naeem ur Rehman Khan returned successful on PS-129 Karachi Central-VIII by getting 26,296 votes.

Out of the seven provincial assembly seats of Korangi district three were won by independent candidates, two by MQM-P and one each by the PPPP and and the JI.

Out of nine PA seats of district East, six were clinched by the MQM-P and one by the PPPP while the result was two was awaited.

PPPP's Saeed Ghani won PS-105 Karachi East IX while the results of PS-102 Karachi East-VI and PS-104 Karachi East-VIII were not yet announced.

Out of five PA seats of Keamari, three were captured by independent candidates, and one each by the PPPP and the MQM-P.

The results of only two PA seats of the District West have been announced. MQM-P's Shaikh Abdullah won from PS-117 Karachi West-II and Naseer Ahmed from PS-118 Karachi West-III.

The PPPP clinched five of the six provincial assembly seats of District Malir.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 10^th 2024.