Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi President Naeer Rehman claimed that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) will not be able to win majority in Karachi even in hundred years because its behavior is anti-Karachi. .
“Irrespective of the failed efforts of others to prove their majority, JI has won the local body elections in Karachi with an overwhelming majority,” Rehman said while talking to the media at Idara Noor-e-Haq on Tuesday.
“They made us lose so that the PPP would win. And, the PPP played this whole game with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP),” he claimed.
Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja will have to prove that he has been impartial, he said, adding that the ECP has been held hostage by a few people.
He said that the People’s Party is celebrating by stealing the mandate of the people of Karachi. However, he added that Jamaat-e-Islami will not allow the mandate of the people of Karachi to be taken away.
Rahman said that his party wanted a consensus decision on the mayor’s post and the next city government, but after his party’s complaints, the PPP Discussions will be held with potential allies including The rigging in the local body elections was resolved and the election commission announced all the results.
He demanded the People’s Party to give up its undemocratic attitude. They alleged that the ECP was biased as the Returning Officers (ROs) tampered with the results under the nose of the Election Commissioner.
He said that we don’t want announcements, we want concrete steps, if Election Commission can’t do anything then tell us.
He said that under the circumstances, the Chief Election Commissioner should have come to Karachi. Rehman warned that if necessary, Jamaat-e-Islami would block the highways of the entire country.
The JI leader said that the people of Karachi want a solution to their problems and their party wants a consensus decision on the replacement of the mayor.
Rehman said that the mayor will definitely belong to Jamaat-e-Islami as his party’s number of seats is increasing, two seats that were earlier given to PPP and PTI have gone to JI after the Election Commission corrected the results. were given to
He said PTI has offered unconditional support to JI, and the two parties could form a coalition government.
He further said that Jamaat-e-Islami wants redressal of its grievances regarding seven more seats after which it will emerge as the largest party in Karachi. He said that the rectification of the results vindicates his party’s demand that all disputed results be looked at and the real winners declared.
Rehman said that the Jamaat is protesting not only in Karachi but across the country on the rigging of municipal elections. He said that the protest is going on outside the office of District Returning Officer of West District.
Rehman said that it is the decision of the people of Karachi that the party should win from here as it has emerged as the largest party in the city.
He said that the people of Karachi hope that a party man will be the mayor of Karachi and the party will fulfill it. “It is our duty to carry the city along because the people here have supported us regardless of their political affiliations,” he said.
