PTI expels six more UC chairpersons for defying directives in Karachi mayoral elections

• LB representatives “stands terminated immediately" for abstaining from voting. 
• Members defied instructions issued by party chief Imran Khan to vote for JI.
• UC chairpersons “committed offence chargeable under Article 63(A) of Constitution”.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh chapter on Sunday expelled six more union committee (UC) chairpersons for defying party’s directives in recently-held Karachi mayoral elections.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Murtaza Wahab was elected as Karachi's mayor, defeating Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Hafiz Naeem Ur Rehman after the PTI's local body representatives refused to vote for the latter in the elections held on June 15.

According to the results, the PPP leader secured 173 votes while the JI's Karachi chief bagged 160 votes.

In separate notices issued to the six party members earlier today, PTI Sindh President Haleem Adil Sheikh said the basic membership of the six local body representatives “stands terminated immediately for your absence on election day 15- 06-2023 committing misconduct in complete defiance to the party directives..”

The PTI Sindh president said the members defied the instructions issued by party chief Imran Khan to cast vote in favour of Jamaat Islami (JI) candidates Naeemur Rahman khan and Saifuddin contestants for mayor and deputy Mayor, respectively.

The notice further termed the replies to of the party members to show cause as misconduct saying they have “committed offence chargeable under Article 63(A) of the Constitution”.

A day earlier, the PTI expelled 10 UC chairpersons and one vice-chairman for the same reason.

PTI UC chairpersons whose membership terminated include:

• Muhammad Ali Raz s/o Mushtaq Ahmed Siddiqui , Chairman UC-09, TMC Saddar District South, Karachi
• Salman Khan s/o Mengal Chairman UC -04 TMC, District Korangi, Karachi
• Imran Parwani s/o Khatri Hasan , Chairman UC-1 TMC Saddar, District South, Karachi
• Abdul Moeed s/o Qaim Khan, Chairman UC-1 TMC – Moriro Mirbahar, District Keamari, Karachi
• Malik Akhter Gulsher s/o Chairman, UC-5 TMC –Orangi, District West, Karachi
• Muhammad Idrees s/o Tauqeer, Chairman UC-7 TMC Mominabad, District West, Karachi