KARACHI: EC to issue final list of candidates today
By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, July 29: The final list of candidates eligible to contest local bodies polls in 11 of the 23 districts of Sindh will be made public on Saturday following expiry of deadline for withdrawal of candidature, i.e. mid-night Friday, election commission sources said.
Polling in the 11 districts is being held in the first phase on August 18.
Returning officers of the remaining 12 districts, where polling will be held in the second phase on August 25, continued to receive objections against acceptance/rejection of nomination papers on Friday whereas the papers would undergo a scrutiny on Saturday and Sunday.
Meanwhile, on Thursday and Friday political elites in the city remained busy lobbying for the candidates backed by their parties and continued their efforts to make seat adjustments, persuading independent and like-minded candidates to withdraw their nominations so that the position of their own candidates could be made stronger.
Political circles are of the view that as a result of such lobbying, it is likely that some former councillors and nazims/naib nazims will return unopposed.
Election pundits in Karachi see a direct but tough contest between candidates of Haq Parast and Al-Khidamt/Awam Dost groups in many UCs.
In the City District Karachi, where polling is scheduled for August 18, the total strength of eligible voters is 4,634,119.
The city district comprises 18 towns and 178 unions. In the phase-I, 11 districts of the province are going to polls while the electorates in the city district Karachi will elect 2,214 UC members, including nazims/naib nazims.
Against the 2,214 seats, a total of 10,894 nomination papers were filed and after scrutiny 331 of them were rejected. However, after disposal of appeals filed by candidates against rejection/acceptance of nomination papers, 10,639 nominations have been declared valid.
Following are the details of areas falling in the limits of the 18 towns in the city district Karachi:
Keamari Town: Bhutta Village, Sultanabad, Keamari, Baba Bhit, Machar Colony, Mauripur, Shershah and Gabopat.
Site Town: Pak Colony, Old Golimar, Jehanabad, Metroville, Pathan Colony, Frontier Colony, Banaras Colony, Qasba Colony and Islamia Colony.
Baldia Town: Gulshan-i-Ghazi, Ittehad Town, Islam Nagar, Nai Abadi, Saeedabad, Muslim Mujahid, Muhajir Camp and Rasheedabad.
Orangi Town: Mominabad, Haryana Colony, Hanifabad, Mohammad Nagar, Madina Colony, Ghaziabad, Chishti Nagar, Bilal Colony, Iqbal Baloch Colony, Gabol Colony, Data Nagar, Mujahid Colony and Baloch Goth.
Malir Town: Model Colony, Kala Board, Saudabad, Khokhrapar, Jafer-i-Tayar, Gharibabad and Ghazi Dawood Birohi.
Bin Qasim Town: Ibrahim Haidery, Rehri, Cattle Colony, Quaidabad, Landhi, Gulshan-i-Hadeed and Ghaghar.
Gadap Town: Murad Memon Goth, Darsano Chan, Gujro, Gadap, Songal, Maymarabad, Yousuf Goth and Manghopir.
Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town: Delhi Mercantile Society, Civic Centre, PIB Colony, Essa Nagri, Gulshan-i-Iqbal No.1, Gulshan-i-Iqbal-II, Gillani Railway Station, Shanti Nagar, Jamali Colony, Pahelwan Goth, Metroville Colony, Gulzar-i-Hijri and Safoora Goth.
Lyari Town: Agra Taj Colony, Daryabad, Nawabad, Khadda, Memon Society, Baghdadi, Shah Beg Lane, Bihar Colony, Rangiwara, Singo Lane, Chawkiwara and Allama Iqbal Colony.
Saddar Town: Old Haji Camp, Garden, Kharadar, City Railway Colony, Nanakwara, Gazdarabad, Millat Nagar/Islampura, Saddar, Civil Lines, Clifton and Kehkashan.
Jamshed Town: Akhtar Colony, Manzoor Colony, Azam Basti, Channesar Goth, Mehmoodabad, PECHS-I, PECHS-II, Jatland Lines, Central Jacob Line, Jamshed Quarters, Garden East, Soldier Bazaar and Pakistan Quarters.
Shah Faisal Town: Natha Khan Goth, Pak Sadaat Colony, Drig Colony, Reta Plot, Morio Khan Goth, Rifah-i-Aam and Al-Falah Society.
Korangi Town: Bilal Colony, Nasir Colony, Chakra Goth, Mustafa Taj Colony, 100 Quarters, Gulzar Colony, Korangi Sector-33, Zaman Town and Hasrat Mohani Colony.
New Karachi Town: Kalyana, Sir Syed, Fatima Jinnah Colony, Ghodhra, Abuzar Ghaffari, Hakim Ahson, Madina Colony, Faisal, Khamiso Goth, Mustafa Colony, Khwaja Ajmer Nagri, Gulshan-i-Saeed and Shah Nawaz Bhutto Colony.
