KARACHI: Thre results of the local government (LG) polls in Karachi and Hyderabad divisions are being delayed despite the passage of over 15 hours to the end of polling, ARY News reported.
According to ARY News, in the second phase of the local body elections in Sindh, the results of the LG polls held yesterday in 16 districts of Karachi and Hyderabad division have not yet come.
Despite the clear orders of the Election Commission of Pakistan, the results have not been completed till this morning.
Out of total 246 seats in Karachi, unconfirmed and unofficial results of only 20 seats have come out till Monday morning.
There was a tough competition between Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan People’s Party in Karachi.
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PPP is leading in other districts of Hyderabad, Badin. However, the overall turnout was very low. More candidates of Jamaat-e-Islami were successful in the Central and Eastern districts of Karachi.
In Malir and South districts, Lyari and Kemari, Sindh’s ruling party, the PPP remained victorious, as per unofficial and unconfirmed reports.
According to the full results of the UCS so far, the Pakistan People’s Party has successfully won 10 seats. PTI and Jamaat-e-Islami have secured five seats each, while where the results are yet to come, according to the ongoing counting, the scales are heavy in some places, in some places the arrow has hit the mark and in some places it has gone unanswered.
Earlier, PPP leader Murtaza Wahab has claimed that his party was leading in the second phase of local government (LG) elections in Karachi and Hyderabad, saying that the next Karachi Mayor will be a ‘Jiyala’.
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