Pakistan People’s Party celebrated major win in Karachi after clinching majority seats in the local government by-elections, moving closer to the city’s mayoral seat.
The party has secured seats of the 98 union council constituencies in the port city with its overall position strengthening after announcement of the unofficial and unconfirmed results of the by-polls.
The Election Commission of Pakistan has, so far, announced the result of 240 seats out of the total 246 across the city. The electoral body has withheld results of six remaining seats which include five from district west and one from district east.
Meanwhile, Jamaat-e-Islami is at the second spot and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is on third with 89 and 42 seats in the provincial capital, respectively.
