Karachi: NA-258 by-election to be held on November 24
The seat had been vacated after PML-N leader Hakeem Baloch left his party to join PPP
KARACHI: (Dunya News) – By-election in NA-258 are going to be held on November 24. The seat had been vacated after the former Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) legislator Hakeem Baloch had joined Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), reported Dunya News.
The constituency comprises of Malir and Gadaap areas of Muslimabad, Ibrahim Haideri, Rerhi Goth, Cattle Colony, Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Bin Qasim, Gaggar, Kator, Memon Goth, Sindh and Baloch Goth etc.
The constituency was traditionally considered a PPP stronghold but in 2013 elections, PML-N candidate Hakeem Baloch had won. Hakeem Baloch left PML-N however and will now be contesting from this constituency as PPP candidate.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s Mumtaz Ali Imrani, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Muhammad Hanif Bangash, Jamiat Ulema Islam – Fazl’s Maulana Ikran Shah and Sunni Tehreek’s Munawwar Ali Gabol will also be contesting the election.
Political analysts believe that the real contest will be between MQM, PPP and PTI but PPP seemed strongest as it was its traditional constituency.
