Karachi set for LG by-polls on November 14

A total of 68 candidates are contesting for 10 vacant local government seats in Karachi, with polling scheduled for November 14.

For the by-elections on these 10 seats, 167 polling stations have been established, all of which have been classified as sensitive or highly sensitive. The vacant seats include the vice-chairman of UC-5 Yaseenabad in Gulberg Town, chairman of UC-7 Liaquatabad Town, and member of UC-10 Baldia Town, Ward 4.

Other seats up for election include member of UC-7 Korangi Town, Ward 1; chairman of UC-7 Model Colony Town; chairman of UC-6 Landhi Town; chairman of UC-9 Malir Town; member of UC-7 Ibrahim Hyderi Town, Ward 4; chairman of UC-13 Saddar Town; and member of UC-5 Manghopir Town, Ward 4.

A total of 295,491 people, including 157,617 men and 137,874 women voters, are eligible to cast their votes in these constituencies.

Meanwhile residents near Karachi's Isa Nagri staged a protest against power and water shortages, badly disrupting traffic flow on city's key road.

Long queues of vehicles formed as the road closure caused severe disruption to the flow of traffic.

On Tuesday evening, the locals gathered to protest the ongoing lack of electricity and water supply, shutting down the road near Isa Nagari. The protest led to one of the worst traffic jams, with traffic on the Lyari Expressway also severely affected.

The protesting residents stated that the area is experiencing more than 12 hours of power cuts daily, with unscheduled outages becoming a routine issue. They also highlighted that both scheduled and unscheduled load-shedding have severely disrupted the water supply in the region.