{"id":338497,"date":"2023-06-19T07:38:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T02:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=338497"},"modified":"2023-06-19T07:38:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T02:38:13","slug":"murtaza-wahab-set-to-take-oath-as-karachi-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/murtaza-wahab-set-to-take-oath-as-karachi-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Murtaza Wahab set to take oath as Karachi mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> KARACHI<br \/>\nNewly elected Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab and Salman Murad deputy mayor of the Karachi will take oath on Monday. The oath-taking ceremony will be held at Gulshan Jinnah Polo Ground in Karachi at 5pm Monday.<br \/>\nSindh Election Commissioner Aijaz Chohan will administer the oath to Murtaza Wahab and Salman Murad as Karachi mayor and deputy mayor.<br \/>\nMurtaza Wahab and Salman Murad were elected mayor and deputy mayor on June 15 in neck and neck contest between Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP) and the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) candidate Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman.<br \/>\nBarrister Murtaza Wahab was elected after securing 173 votes while JI\u2019s candidate Hafiz Naeemur Rehman secured 160 votes, the unconfirmed and unofficial results showed.<br \/>\nThe voting for Karachi mayor and deputy mayor was held at Pakistan Arts Council under strict security. The doors of the Arts Council were closed after 11 am.<br \/>\nThe mayoral contest was between Wahab and Rehman, as all the other candidates had withdrawn their nomination papers, while Salman Abdullah and Saifuddin of PPP and JI, respectively contested for the post of deputy mayor.<br \/>\nAccording to the entry register 332 elected members reached the polling station, as 34 members of the KMC failed to reach the Arts Council of Pakistan.<br \/>\nJI accused PPP of stealing the mandate of the country\u2019s largest city by population and observed black day against what they called alleged controversial elections of the mayor and deputy mayor.<br \/>\nThe JI also wrote a letter to the ECP over the alleged rigging.<br \/>\nHowever, PPP rejected all the allegations of the JI and asked the Jamaat-e-Islami to respect the mandate of the city.<br \/>\nBilawal Bhutto Zardari termed the wining of the PPP in the local bodies\u2019 elections of Sindh as reflection of people of Sindh on the performance of PPP government in the Sindh.<br \/>\nOver 30 members of the PTI did not participate in the voting and Murtaza Wahab won the contest of mayoral elections by securing 173 votes and defeated his rival Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman who got 160 votes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI Newly elected Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab and Salman Murad deputy mayor of the Karachi will take oath on Monday. 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