PPP approaches JUI-F to secure Karachi mayor seat

• Jamaat-e-Islami’s Hafiz Naeem is a strong contender for the mayor’s seat.
• The People’s Party is by far the largest party in Karachi with 98 seats.
• Even after the alliance with JUIF and PML-N, PPP still needs 22 more seats.

With its majority at risk after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) backed Jamaat-e-Islami for the post of mayor of Karachi, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has defeated Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI). – F) has been contacted. Getting his support for the mayoralty.

The Karachi division of the party has asked JUI(F) to support him in the elections for the post of mayor and deputy mayor of the city. Although the two parties have expressed their commitment to work together, the JUI-F will announce its final decision on the matter after consulting its central leadership.

PPP Karachi President Saeed Ghani and General Secretary Javed Naguri earlier met JUI(F) Sindh General Secretary Allama Rashid Mehmood Soomro at his residence and discussed the possible alliance.

The meeting between the two political leaders focused on the upcoming municipal elections in Karachi, in which issues related to various towns and union councils were discussed.

Emphasizing JUI-F’s commitment to principled politics, Soomro said that politicians should always keep the doors of dialogue open. He said that under this principle, the party has allied with various political groups.

PTI supported Jamaat-e-Islami.

Last week PTI… He extended his support Jamaat-e-Islami has alleged that the provincial ruling party PPP is involved in pre-poll rigging for the post of mayor of Karachi.

After this development, Jamaat-e-Islami’s Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman is in a strong position to be elected mayor.

The PTI spokesperson alleged that the PPP was ‘abducting’ the party’s elected representatives through the Sindh Police before they were sworn in.

The Imran Khan-led party claimed that the People’s Party wanted to elect a mayor in a hurry after running away from local elections four times.

PTI has also approached the court on this issue. The mayor should be elected through a transparent process,” the spokesman said, adding that the PPP and MQM did not want the public mandate to be accepted.

The PPP emerged as the single largest party in the recently concluded local elections in Karachi but failed to secure the simple majority of 179 votes required for the seat of Karachi mayor.

Even after an alliance with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN), the PPP would need at least 22 seats.

In terms of number of seats, PPP is by far the largest party in Karachi with 98 seats, followed by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) with 89 seats and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) with 42 seats. is at no. However, no party has a simple majority.

According to political experts, the chances of bringing forward the next mayor of Karachi are bright. However, given that a party needs at least 124 seats (not including reserved seats) in the City Council to win the mayoral election, the party must form a coalition.