The Muttahida Quami Movement secured six more seats in Karachi's NA-241, NA-243, NA-252, NA-255, NA-256 and NA-257 constituencies.

MQM's Abdul Waseem grabbed 200,000 votes winning in NA-243 whereas another candidate from NA-241 S.A. Iqbal Qadri won with 35,000 votes.

The party's candidate from NA-252 Abdul Rasheed Godil won grabbing 18,197 votes while the party's candidate from NA-255 Syed Asif Hasnain lead with 125,000 votes.

Moreover Iqbal Muhammad Ali and Sajid Ahmed secured two more  MQM seats from NA-256 and NA-257 constituencies of  Karachi with 65,000 votes each.

—Unofficial results

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