PPP Wins Karachi Mayorship Amid Rigging Allegations

Thu Jun 15 2023
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KARACHI: Murtaza Wahab of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) won Thursday’s election for Mayor Karachi slot amid allegations of rigging by the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI).

According to initial reports, Wahab secured 173 votes while JI’s Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman could bag only 162 votes in a house of 366 as 33 of the PTI members didn’t show up at the polling station. JI’s Rehman alleged that the PPP rigged the elections by not letting the PTI members come to the house on the occasion of the elections.

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