{"id":336851,"date":"2023-06-11T00:24:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T19:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=336851"},"modified":"2023-06-11T00:24:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T19:24:28","slug":"5-candidates-submit-nominations-for-karachi-mayor-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/5-candidates-submit-nominations-for-karachi-mayor-office\/","title":{"rendered":"5 candidates submit nominations for Karachi Mayor office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> KARACHI<br \/>\nPakistan People\u2019s Party and Jamaat Islami\u2019s five candidates filed their nomination papers for Karachi Mayor\u2019s election on last day of submitting nominations.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, six candidates from the PPP, JI, Muslim League and PTI, have submitted nomination papers for the deputy mayor\u2019s slot.<br \/>\nMurtaza Wahab, his covering candidate Najmi Alam from the PPP, JI\u2019s Hafiz Naeem, Junaid Mukati and Saifuddin advocate filed papers for the mayor\u2019s election.<br \/>\nSaifuddin, Qazi Sadruddin, Salman Murad, Irshad Shar advocate, Karamullah Waqasi, Zeeshan Zaib, Akram Awan and PML-N\u2019s Khawaja Shoaib have filed papers for the city\u2019s deputy mayor\u2019s post.<br \/>\nEarlier, the PML-N\u2019s elected chairmen decided to field their own candidate for the Karachi mayor\u2019s office, while expressing their discontent with the decision of the party\u2019s committee headed by Muhammad Zubair to extend support to the PPP.<br \/>\nThe party\u2019s UC chairmen had informed the PML-N Sindh president Shah Muhammad Shah about their reservations and asked him to decide the matter. The total number of seats in the City Council is 371 and the Karachi mayor needs the magic number of 186 to win the majority in the council.  The election of the mayor and deputy mayor will take place on June 15.<br \/>\nJune 10 (today) was the last day to submit the nomination paper can.<br \/>\nThe ECP schedule stated that the Returning Officer will check the nomination papers on June 11 (tomorrow) and the finalized list of candidates will be released on June 14.<br \/>\nOn June 16, the Returning Officers will announce the results whereas the successful candidates will take oath on June 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI Pakistan People\u2019s Party and Jamaat Islami\u2019s five candidates filed their nomination papers for Karachi Mayor\u2019s election on last day of submitting nominations. Meanwhile, six candidates from the PPP, JI, Muslim League and PTI, have submitted nomination papers for the deputy mayor\u2019s slot. 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