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While Punjab will be the main battle ground for parties in the upcoming elections, Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, is not an arena to be ignored.
In his latest column for EOS, NFP shares his view on what might transpire:
There is likelihood that MQM-P will be able to hold the fort in most MQM strongholds but will have to battle hard against the PSP and PTI. The PPP is likely to win from its strongholds of Lyari and maybe in the city’s suburban areas where Sindhis outnumber Mohajirs. The party may also gain some disgruntled MQM votes but, for this, it will have to battle PTI.
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Jahanzeb Hussain read Political Science at the Institut d’études politiques de Paris in France and Simon Fraser University in Canada, and has worked for the Canadian Journal of Development Studies and The Centre for International Governance Innovation, University of Waterloo. He was the Chargé de Mission at the cultural section of the French Embassy in Islamabad, before joining Dawn.com where he is editor Prism. He tweets @hussainjahanzeb
