19 women to contest for NA in the upcoming elections on July 24, 2018KARACHI: A total of 19 female candidates from Karachi will be contesting for National Assembly seats in the upcoming elections. Awami National Party (ANP) has granted tickets to three female candidates while Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) has fielded two female candidates. On the other hand, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) […]
Pashtun vote bank may prove decisive in Karachi on July 24, 2018Pashtuns, who make up 25 percent of Karachi’s population – the second largest ethnic group in the city after Muhajirs – may tilt the tide in the favour any political party in the upcoming elections. A sizeable portion of Karachi’s Pashtun population is settled in the Sohrab Goth, Qiaidaabad, Manghopir and District West. In Karachi, […]
Hurdles are being enacted in our path: Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on July 24, 2018“Hurdles are being created in party’s election campaign with an attempt to snatch its mandate,” said Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on Monday. The leader also alleged that an undeclared ban had been imposed on his party to shun it from the election process. “The caretaker dispensation is very active in removing […]
MQM-P faces obstacles in election battle on July 23, 2018KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) is facing difficulties while running their election campaign as ‘its banners, posters and flags have been removed from various parts of the metropolis’. MQM-P local leaders claimed that a group of some people attacked their election office in constituency NA-239 and vandalized it. MQM-P leader Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said that […]
A two-way battle may get affected by infighting in MQM on July 23, 2018NA 241 KORANGI There are 15 candidates contesting for NA-241 Karachi, Korangi III, of whom 10 have been fielded by political parties and five are independents. NA-241 was carved out by adding areas included in old NA-250 and NA-254. The majority is of Urdu speakers, and it begins from Awami Colony Landhi and goes all […]
Another stronghold MQM-P struggles to retain on July 22, 2018NA-244 KARACHI EAST-III The constituency has been carved out of NA-251 which was once a stronghold of MQM but now the party appears to be in a difficult position here. MQM-P’s Rauf Siddiqui faces three main contenders – from PML-N, MMA and PTI. The constituency primarily consists of Faisal Cantonment, Defence View, Kashmir Colony, Akhtar […]
Enraged mob stops Jibran Nasir from campaigning on July 22, 2018A mob of right wing activists stopped independent candidate Jibran Nasir from conducting his door-to-door campaign and holding his corner meeting in city’s Bazarta Line area late on Friday night. Jibran Nasir, who is campaigning in the elections from PS-111 and NA-247, was going to the Bazarta Line area along with his team for a […]
NA-243 hopefuls step up campaign ahead of knife-edge elections on July 21, 2018KARACHI KARACHI: As election draws nearer, aspiring candidates in Karachi’s newly formed NA-243 are stepping up their election campaigns. Gulshan-e-Iqbal area, which falls under NA 243, is covered with banners, flags and trucks of different political parties and loud music blares from speakers installed in makeshift camps and election offices dotting the constituency. The whole […]
Major leaders of five main political parties to contest in elections on July 17, 2018KARACHI: Hard hitting contest is ensuing in 9 out of 21 constituencies of Karachi where aspiring candidates are campaigning day and night to highlight their objectives priorities, past performance and future plans to canvas for votes. Karachi is the only city from where heads of 5 main political parties are in the battle for general […]
PPP is solution to Sindh’s problems, says Aseefa on July 16, 2018KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Aseefa Bhutto Zardari on Monday addressed women in Lyari and said that PPP will provide necessary solutions to curb acute water shortfall and solve various problems prevailing in the province. Aseefa was accompanied by Sanam Bhutto and Shahida Rehmani during her address, in which she said that PPP established eight […]