The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Thursday strongly demanded deployment of army personnel inside and outside the polling stations in third phase of local bodies election in Karachi.
While talking to media, the leaders of PTI and JI urged that the election commission to appoint army soldiers on the day of election. PTI’s Ali Zaidi stated that the deputation of Army can only make election transparent. “We will accept the results if the elections will be held in a fair way,” he added.
All political parties are eyeing mayorship of Karachi as they have nominated strong candidates to contest for the post.
Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) Karachi chief, Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, belonging to North Nazimabad is contesting for mayorship against MQM’s Akhtar among other contenders. Ali Zaidi is representing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for the slot of mayorship.
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is likely to nominate Karachi division’s president, Najmi Aalim for mayorship. On the other hand, the Awami National Party (ANP) has not put forth a name for mayorship yet. The last phase of LB polls in Sindh will be concluded after holding elections in Karachi on December 5.
