PPP makes clean sweep in Karachi LG by-elections

Karachi; According to the official results, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has won 8 out of 10 seats in the city in a clean sweep in the Local Government (LG) by-elections. People’s Party won the seats of three chairman, one vice chairman and four ward members.Jamaat-e-Islami candidates won two seats. In Sukkur, the People’s Party strengthened its position in the city by winning the seats of Chairman and Vice Chairman from UC 29. The position of PPP is also stable in Ghotki and Tando Mohammad Khan. n Shikarpur, candidateThe candidate of JUI(F) won the seat of Chairman of Union Council Mahmuda Bagh. In Hyderabad, the People’s Party managed to win two chairman and one vice chairman seats. People’s Party candidates and workers took out a rally to celebrate their victory.They displayed fireworks and distributed sweets. The turnout was quite low. JI activists and leaders rejected the results and accused the Sindh government of using the state machinery to win the election. The workers took out a protest rally in front of the DRO office.