PTI in a post on X expressed its appreciation for Jamaat-i-Islaami Karachi chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman for forfeiting his Sindh Assembly seat.

Earlier today while addressing a press conference in Karachi, Naeem had highlighted discrepancies in the vote counting.

“Therefore, I give up this seat,” Rehman said, adding that “independent candidate Saif Bari won in a genuine manner, whose votes were reduced to 11,000 from 31,000”.

It should be mentioned that Naeem had won from PS-129 (Karachi Central VIII) with 26,296 votes, according to the provisional results released by the ECP. PTI-backed independent candidate Saif Bari had gathered 11,357, according to the ECP’s Form 47.

“PTI highly appreciates this decision and expects similar honesty from other political candidates. There is no democracy without transparency,” PTI said.