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Karachi April 29, 2021 Karachi is all set to host the much-awaited by-election for the NA-249 (West-II) constituency, which encompasses Baldia Town, on Thursday (today). Candidates representing Pakistan’s major political parties are expected to give one another a good run for their money in what essentially seems to be nothing less than a showdown. The crucial National Assembly seat had fallen vacant after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Faisal Vawda resigned following the casting of his vote in the Senate elections in March. 2018 elections The 2018 general elections had seen a clos...

Karachi by-election: Polling begins for NA-249 Tough competition expected between five parties SAMAA | Zamzam and Syed Khursheed Alam - Posted: Apr 29, 2021 | Last Updated: 17 mins ago SAMAA | Zamzam and Syed Khursheed Alam Posted: Apr 29, 2021 | Last Updated: 17 mins ago Photo: Online Karachi residents have started casting their votes to elect their representative from NA-249. The polling started at 8am and will continue till 5pm. Here are live updates from the constituency: Around 12:25pm, the Election Commission of Pakistan ordered law enforcement agencies to escort PTI ...

Who will shine in NA-249? With litany of promises made by candidates, this neglected area turns into a political battleground for a by-election By-election being held on seat that fell vacant after death of PPP MPA. PHOTO: FILE KARACHI: In Karachi’s Baldia Town area, barefoot children, carrying jerry cans, jumping over uncovered manholes without skipping a beat and racing their peers on narrow, uneven and dirty roads is the norm. All around, there are remnants of schools, parks and playgrounds with broken boundary walls that seem to be propped up by piles of garbage - an equally commonplac...

KARACHI: A tough contest is expected among candidates of major political parties contesting the by-election in a water-starved Karachi National Assembly constituency, NA-249, polling for which is going to be held on Thursday (tomorrow). NA-249, Karachi West II, was created in 2018 by amalgamating areas that previously fell in two NA constituencies (NA-239 and NA-240) during three general elections held from 2002 to 2013. Before the creation of this constituency, NA-240 was considered to be a stronghold of the then Altaf Hussain-led Muttahida Qaumi Movement as an overwhelming majority of Urdu-...

Khalid Siddiqi — Pasban Pakistan Muhammad Adil — Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party Muhammad Wali — Pakistan Falah Party 18 independent candidates PSP chairman Mustafa Kamal is standing as his party’s candidate from NA-249. The former mayor belonged to the MQM, before he suddenly left the country in August 2013. He returned in 2016 and formed the PSP. In the 2018 election, Dr Fouzia Hameed who had contested from NA-249 on behalf of the PSP had secured just 1,617 votes. Ahead of the by-polls, which he is contesting himself this time, the PSP chief said that water was a big problem for the resid...