Summary Sindh government respects and applauds MQM's mandate, says CM Sindh.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Chief Minister of Sindh (CM) Qaim Ali Shah on Sunday telephoned leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Waseem Akhtar and congratulated him for winning the local bodies elections in Karachi.
According to CM House spokesman, the CM called on Waseem Akhtar and felicitated him and his party for being victorious in the elections.
He said that the Sindh government respects and applauds MQM’s mandate and wants to see prosperity in the metropolis along with them.
Earlier, unofficial and inconclusive results were received for Sindh and MQM has been unofficially declared as the winners of Karachi. Some influential candidates of the opponent parties such as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Ali Zaidi, Jamat-e-Islami’s (JI) Hafiz Naeem ur-Rehman and Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Najmi Alam failed to cause an upset in the elections.
MQM’s possible candidates for Karachi’s Mayorship Waseem Akhtar and Rehan Hashmi won the polls. Akhtar won from UC-11, Aqab Jacob line while another party candidate Saadullah won from Bhatonagar, Municipal Corporation Korangi.
