Candidates of different political parties filed their nomination papers for October 14 by-election for National Assembly seat NA-243 in Karachi, SAMAA TV reported Thursday. The seat was won by Prime Minister Imran Khan in July 25 general elections, but it fell vacant after Khan chose to retain NA-95 Mianwali and leave NA-243 vacant. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s…

The Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chief, Mustafa Kamal, congratulated Imran Khan on becoming the prime minister

“The Sindh CM should have taken up the case and should have fought for it,” said PSP chief Mustafa Kamal. “Instead, he became a partner in crime.”

PSP chief Mustafa Kamal said everyone should be allowed to vote for the person they like

MQM-P leader Dr Farooq Sattar claimed that his party would win its traditional seats in the urban areas of Sindh. “MQM’s vote is the 8th wonder of the world,” Dr. Sattar said, adding that he would win NA-247 election by beating PTI’s Arif Alvi and other candidates. The MQM-P leader complained that the party was…

NA-206, Sukkur: The former National Assembly leader of the opposition, Khursheed Shah of the PPP is leading with 48,103 votes followed by Tahir Hussain Shah of the PTI who bagged 31,054 votes as of 2:30 a.m. Other candidates: Muhammad Saleh Indhar of the MMA. Naheed Begum of the PSP. Habibullah Siddiqui is an independent. Profile: 164021…

NA-247, Karachi: Voters: 543,964 Number of polling stations: 240 Previously known as NA-250 One of the most hotly contested seats for the National Assembly is NA-247 Karachi South II, which is made up of Defence, Clifton Cantonment Board, Saddar, Karachi Cantonment and Arambagh. NA-247 is made up of areas that were previously in NA-250. Candidates:…

NA-253 was previously known as NA-246

The constituency comprises multi-ethnic and low-income neighbourhoods

  In Karachi’s NA-249, PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif is leading with 3,400. PTI’s Faisal Vawda 2,555, MQM has 2,021 votes in 27 out of 257 polling stations so far. 331,430 voters 257 polling stations Previously NA-240 Areas: Baldia Town, Delhi Colony, Habibabad and some areas of Saeedabad Candidates: Shehbaz Sharif, the PML-N president. Faisal Vawda…

PS-62 Hyderabad 132,864 voters Previously PS-47 103 polling stations Areas: Qasimabad Khathri Additional Khathri Hatri Candidates: Ayaz Latif Palijo of the GDA who is head of the Qaumi Awami Tehreek. Jam Khan Shoro of the PPP is a former local government minister in the last government. Saddam Hussain of the PSP. Tariq Ali of the…

PS-124 Karachi 206,174 voters 137 polling stations Areas: New Karachi Candidates: Khawaja Izharul Hassan of the MQM who is a former leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly. Mustafa Kamal of the PSP, founder of the party and longtime MQM member until he left. He is a former Karachi nazim. Siraj Ahmed of the…

PS-37 Shaheed Benazirabad 195,498 voters 10 polling stations Previously PS-25 and Nawabshah Areas: Jamal Shah Kandiari Lyari Abul Hassan Candidates: Azra Fazal Pechuho of the PPP, who is the sister of Asif Ali Zardari. She was an MNA on NA-213, the reserved seat. She headed the Family Planning 2020 Task Force as chairperson. Abdul Hafeez Khan of…

PS-111 Karachi 178,401 voters 10 polling stations Previously PS-112 Areas: Civil Lines Cantonment Board Clifton Candidates: Imran Ismail of the PTI, who is a founding member of the party. Murtaza Wahab of the PPP who was controversially appointed Sindh CM’s adviser on law. He is the son of late PPP leader Fauzia Wahab. Rahil Ahmed…

Campaigns for the 2018 general elections will end at midnight. Candidates are making their last efforts to garner support. Pak Sarzameen Party, Muttahida Qaumi Movement and other parties are holding election rallies in Karachi, while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and PML-N are holding election gatherings in Lahore. PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif is addressing a rally in Dera…

The MQM has always been a force to be reckoned with in Landhi and Korangi (NA-240) since Altaf Hussain first emerged on the political scene in 1984. MQM-Haqiqi has also kept up a presence here. Its chief, Afaq Ahmed, is in the running for the seat. So, the contest could be a tough one for…

MQM-P’s Ali Raza Abidi, PPP’s Shehla Raza, PTI chairman Imran Khan, PSP’s Muzammil Qureshi and MMA’s Osama Razi are some of the prominent candidates contesting the election from Karachi’s NA-243 seat. SAMAA takes you to the constituency where all major contestants are joining a debate on why they should be voted to power.

Rickshaw Jatt took a ride through the streets of Karachi’s NA-254 to find out what the area’s issues are. MQM convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui will be contesting elections from this constituency. Residents of the area feel that both the federal and provincial governments are not sincere with the people of Karachi.

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pak Sarzameen Party are also in talks with GDA to challenge PPP’s 10-year rule in the province.

This Iqra University student should be a talk show host because he grilled PSP party head Mustafa Kamal. In an election Big Debate programme with Awaz host Shahzad Iqbal, the student asked this question: “Before you (Mustafa Kamal) came [to this session], Fauzia Kasuri said that garbage has joined political parties. So has the PSP…

MQM-P leader Dr Farooq Sattar has requested his party leaders to withdraw his nomination papers and let him run the election campaign. Dr Sattar said he didn’t approach Bahadurabad office to seek party ticket but the MQM-P had issued him the ticket despite his refusal. MQM-P leaders Faisal Sabzwari and Aamir Khan visited the residence…