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HYDERABAD, Sept 22: Candidates filed their nomination papers on Monday in the interior of Sindh to contest for the vacant seats of Nazims and Naib Nazims.
The following is the district-wise breakdown:
Four candidates have filed their nomination papers before the third additional district judge, the returning officer, for the post of Taluka Nazim Hyderabad, which had fallen vacant following the election of PPP’s Pir Amjad Shah Jillani as member of the Sindh Assembly.
Those who have filed their papers included Iqbal Panwhar and Mohammad Suleman Bhurgari (PML-F), and Ghulam Ali Gopang and Khalil Ahmed Memon of the Awam Dost Panel, backed by the PPP.
A close contest is expected between Ghulam Ali Gopang and Iqbal Panwhar after their covering candidates are withdrawn.
THATTA: Syed Masood Mustafa Shah and Mohammad Din Memon of the PPP and Haji Shaukat Malkani, a PML(Q)-backed candidate, filed their nomination papers to contest for the seat of the district Naib Nazim, Thatta.
The election has been scheduled for Oct 10, following vacation of the seat on election of the Naib Nazim, Haji Usman Malkani, as MPA.
Flanked by the party’s divisional coordinator, Abdul Sattar Bachani, MPA Humera Alwani, former MNA Babu Ghulam Hussain, PPP District President Dr Wahid Soomro and hundreds of party activists in a motorcade, Syed Masood Mustafa, grandson of the late Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah, one of the founder members of the PPP, filed his papers before the returning officer and senior civil judge, Thatta, Mohammad Farooque Memon.
The Shirazi-Malkani coalition, affiliated with the PML(Q), led by Provincial Minister Usman Malkani, District Nazim Syed Shafqat Hussain Shah Shirazi, MNAs Mohammad Ali Malkani and Ayaz Shah Shirazi, also arrived in a motorcade at the sessions court premises with their candidate, Haji Shaukat Malkani.
While filing his paper, PPP candidate Syed Masood Mustafa complained that the entire motorcade of the PML(Q) candidate was allowed to enter the court premises but the PPP activists were denied entry.
He further complained that the PML(Q) candidate was escorted by the DCO, Thatta, and other key officials of the district in a bid to show their official support.
He requested the returning officer to take notice of all this.
NAWABSHAH: Ten candidates filed their nomination forms on the last date for submitting forms for the by-elections to be held on the vacant seat of the Taluka Nazim, Daulatpur.
The aspirants included Bahadur Dahri, Syed Shah Mohammad Shah, Ghulam Mohammad Dahri, Nizamuddin Keerio, Muzaffar Hussain Jamali, Makhdoom Syed Maqsood Ali Shah, Mohammad Arif Mehar, Syed Ibadat Shah, Ali Gohar and Qazi Ghulam Mujtaba Dahri.
The seat of the Taluka Nazim fell vacant as Ashiq Hussain Dahri resigned from the post in October 2002 to contest in the general elections as an MPA.
The Nawabshah Awami Ittehad has nominated Bahadur Dahri as its candidate for the seat of Taluka Nazim. He had earlier been an MPA.
The PPP-backed Awam Dost Panel, which wants to run candidates for Nazim and Taluka Nazim, Nawabshah, has not finalized its candidates as yet.
JACOBABAD: A total number of six candidates filed their nomination papers for the seat of District Naib Nazim on the last date for submitting forms.
The candidates included Muslim League(Q)-backed Asghar Khan Panhwar, President District Bar Association Haji Anwar Ali Jakhrani, PPP secretary Abdul Sattar Brohi, Israr Ahmed Khoso from Kashmore, Rafiq Ahmed Soomro and Ayaz Ahmed Soomro.
DADU: Six candidates filed their nomination papers for the seat of the district Naib Nazim, Dadu, in the court of the fourth additional sessions judge.
Two candidates — Dr Zahid Hussain Jatoi and Ahmed Khan Lund — filed their nomination papers from the Dadu Ittehad; two — Dost Ali Jessar and Shafi Mohammad Memon — from the Awam Dost Panel, while two — Shamsuddin Khaskheli and Roshan Buriro — as independent candidates.
