Amid obscurity surrounding the results of local government elections in Karachi, runner-up Jamat-e-Islami’s (JI) Karachi chief Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman on Saturday hinted at forming an alliance with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for the appointment of a mayor.
The two parties had rejected the results of the polls, with JI claiming that it won on the proletarian level. The party had filed criticisms regarding rigging and incorrect vote count in six union councils of Karachi and demanded action against the district returning officers (DRO) and returning officers (RO) involved
Rehman proclaimed that a four-member committee has been formed to protect the mandate of his party, which claims to have won most seats in the grass-root level polls in the port city. He was addressing a press conference fringed by PTI’s Sindh President Ali Zaidi.
The politician said that everyone’s mandate is respected but the mandate “should be legal”.
“All the political parties are guilty of protecting the mandate of whoever has won,” he said, adding that his party wants to achieve consensus for Karachi’s development.
