Shortly after reports of Barrister Murtaza Wahab winning the Karachi mayor elections surfaced, clashes between JI and PPP supporters were reported outside the city’s Arts Council of Pakistan where voting had been under way on Thursday.
According to unofficial results reported by a Dawn.com correspondent, Wahab won the election for the seat of the mayor by acquiring 173 votes while JI’s Naeemur Rehman remained the runner-up.
A result is yet to be officially announced.
However, immediately after unofficial results were reported, scuffles erupted between JI and PPP workers. Huge crowds of supporters pelting stones at security personnel blocking projectiles with their riot shields.
