PMAP Sindh comes up with its own proposals for delimitation in Karachi

Insists that ECP must carry out delimitation per directions of Supreme Court or else they will file contempt petition.

KARACHI: The Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) on Saturday presented its own proposals on the delimitation of Karachi’s electoral constituencies.

At a news conference PMAP Sindh chapter chief Nazir Jan told media that they have presented their recommendations to the provincial election commissioner regarding the delimitation of six constituencies of national assembly and 12 of the provincial assembly in Karachi.

Jan said their proposals related to provincial assembly constituencies -89, PS-90, PS-92, PS-93, PS-94, PS-96, PS-101, PS-102, PS-114, PS-124 and PS-128. He said that all these constituencies fell in Pashtun dominated areas but the Pashtun majority areas of these constituencies currently lie in other constituencies where they are a minority.

“More than 5 million Pashtuns are living in Karachi but they have been distributed in small packets and have no parliamentary power in the city,” Jan said that his party does not stand to gain any benefit from the recommendations put forward as they don’t enjoy political power in the city, rather it would help restore parliamentary balance of power in the city.

The PMAP chief said that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) should act according to the directions of the Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding the delimitation process. “In case the ECP does not proceed according to Supreme Courts directions, then we would protest in a democratic way and will also file contempt of court petition in the Supreme Court.”

Talking about the voters’ list re-verification, Jan said that his party activists were actively disseminating information to create awareness among the Pushto speaking people about the importance of their votes.

To a question regarding participation of Pashtun women in the upcoming elections, Jan said that the current electoral constituencies’ setup deters the people to go and cast vote as presence of armed men create panic and spread fear.