KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami’s leader Hafiz Naeemur Rehman claimed that Peoples’ Party will fail to prove its majority and JI will win mayor’s election. Talking to media here, Hafiz Naeem, JI’s candidate for Karachi mayor said his party was in contact with PML-N and others but parties take their own decisions.

He said that Karachi’s biggest problem is electricity, city is facing load-shedding and over-billing. Talking on JI petition in Supreme Court, Hafiz Naeem said it is public interest case. He asked court to emancipate city from menace of load shedding.

Sindh government last Friday informed Election Commission of Pakistan that mayor of Karachi will be elected through show of hands. Election of the mayor and deputy mayor will take place on June 15 while nomination paper can be submitted by June 9-10. Returning Officer will check nomination papers on June 11 and finalized list of candidates will be released on June 14. On June 16, Returning Officers will announce results whereas successful candidates will take oath on June 19.

Published in The Daily National Courier, June, 06 2023

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