F.P. Report
KARACHI: The City Council will elect Karachi’s new deputy mayor on Thursday (today).
According to details, the seat of Karachi deputy mayor fell vacant after Arshad Vohra was declared as disqualified by the Election Commission of Pakistan.
The polling to the deputy mayor’s slot will be held at the City Council hall of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s old building and it will begin at 9am and continue till 5pm without any break. Deputy Commissioner (South) Syed Salahuddin has been named returning officer to supervise the election
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) Syed Arshad Hussain and Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Karamullah Waqasi are in the run for the slot.
Last month, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had disqualified Arshad Vohra as deputy mayor of Karachi.
The decision came on a petition filed by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) seeking to de-seat Vohra for switching loyalty to the Mustafa Kamal-led party.
A five-member bench headed by ECP chief Justice (retd) Sardar Raza heard and decided the petition.
