Islamabad: PML-N's Sheikh Ansar elected as mayor of Islamabad Islamabad: PML-N's Sheikh Ansar elected as mayor of Islamabad
Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation has 50 elected union council chairmen
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Pakistan Muslim League-N s (PMLN) Sheikh Ansar got elected as the first ever mayor of the Islamabad on Monday, reported Dunya News.
Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation has 50 elected union council chairmen and 27 members on reserved seats.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) which is far ahead of its competitors with 32 union council chairmen swept the election of mayor.
It is followed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) eighteen union council chairmen.
The PML-N had fielded Sheikh Ansar Aziz as its candidate for the office of mayor against PTI s Raja Khurram Nawaz.
Three deputy mayors of Islamabad will also be elected tomorrow. PML-N s nominees are Chaudhry Riffat Javed, Syed Zeeshan Ali Naqvi and Muhammad Azam Khan.
The PTI has nominated Fouzia Arshad, Raja Zulqarnain and Ali Nawaz Awan for the deputy mayoral slots.
