MQM's Waseem Akhtar elected as Karachi Mayor
Thank the people of Karachi after the historic elections, says newly elected Karachi Mayor
KARACHI (Dunya News) - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) candidate Waseem Akhtar bagged Karachi s mayorship whereas Arshad Vohra was elected Deputy Mayor Karachi according to unofficial, inconclusive results, reported Dunya News.
While addressing to the media, newly elected Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar thanked the people of Karachi for electing him as their mayor. He stated that whatever happened in the past needs to be forgotten, adding that the provincial government and Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Murad Ali Shah also deserve to be congratulated.
He stated that he wanted to work in harmony with all stake holders in the city as well as the law enforcement agencies in order to ensure that the city becomes prosperous and that peace and stability are ensured. He termed the elections as historic and stated that Pakistan shall progress on if Karachi progresses.
"I thank the people of Karachi for supporting me in tough times," Akhtar said. He also criticised his political rivals and stated that he was being treated as a politcal prisoner and that the cases registered against him were nothing but lies. He said that he did not want to bring up conflicts related to the past.
Election results in Sindh
Pakistan People s Party was able to secure landslide victory in interior Sindh. Unofficial mayoral elections results received from different areas of Sindh are as follows:
Hyderabad
MQM s Tayyab Hussain elected Mayor
MQM s Sohail Mashadi elected Deputy Mayor
Sukkur
PPP s Arslan Sheikh elected Mayor (uncontested)
PPP s Aslam Sheikh elected Chairman District Council
Jamshoro
PPP s Malik Shah Nawaz elected Chairman District Council
Sajawal
PPP s Haji Usman Malkani elected Chairman District Council
Badin
PPP s Asghar Ali Shah elected as Chairman District Council
Tando Mohammad Khan
PPP s Syed Zeeshan Shah elected Chairman District Council
Mirpur Khas
PPP s Mir Anwaar Talpur elected Chairman District Council
Umarkot
PPP Noor Ali Shah elected Chairman District Council
