JI Karachi leader raises concerns at delay in results,

Karachi_Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah Wednesday held a telephonic conversation with Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rahman and assured him of addressing all his legitimate concerns,

“The JI should contact the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding its problems with the election commission,” he said.

“The Sindh government will play an impartial role in solving the problems that the JI has with the Sindh government,” he added.

Earlier, Sindh Minister Saeed Ghani said while addressing a press conference that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had asked for applications for specific seats after victory in the local bodies’ elections.

“Talks with the JI is our priority. We have not given any request for recounting. The information being conveyed to Hafiz Naeemur Rehman is not correct,” he stated.

“In District Central, the JI did not have a single UC Chairman in 2015. Hafiz Naeem threatened the deputy commissioner during a talk,” he maintained.

“Our candidates have also applied for recounting. Victory and defeat are part of the election. The JI should avoid doing things that disrupt environment of the city,” he emphasised.

“It is not right to take a government officer hostage or hurl threats. My brother also contested elections. He won one seat and lost the other,” Saeed Ghani pointed out.

“We are ready to remove objections to the seats according to the law. We want to end the politics of impoliteness from Karachi. If you do not sit down and talk, how will you get the mayor?” he added.

“You should sit [with us] and talk. Some way will [surely] come out,” he stated.

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Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has cried foul and raised concerns at the delay in the results of the local bodies election

Addressing a press conference, he alleged the state machinery was used to manipulate the election.

The local government elections have been delayed thrice, he said, adding that the constituencies were changed and the voter lists were invalid.

The Jamaat-e-Islami’s mandate has been stolen as according to him the JI is the largest party in the Sindh capital.

The people of Karachi reposed trust in the Jamaat-e-Islami, he said, adding that the ECP did not play its  ‘due role’

Naeemur Rehman’s remarks come a day after JI Amir Sirajul Haq announced protests in major cities of the country.

He said the delay in election results cast doubts. He said the JI ‘emerged as the largest party in the local bodies elections but the results were changed.

He made an appeal for holding protests in major cities of the country.