Karachi
February 15, 2021
Despite the divided opposition, the provincial assembly constituency of PS-88 District Malir, which fall vacant in June last year after the death of provincial minister Ghulam Murtaza Baloch due to the novel coronavirus, poses a challenge to the Pakistan Peoples Party because of its urban votes and anxiety of the rural population over the construction of the Malir Expressway.
On February 8, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari held a meeting of the party’s parliamentarians, former local government chairmen and leaders from District Malir. It was his second meeting with the party’s Malir leadership within a few weeks for the PS-88 by-poll to be held tomorrow (February 16).
National
February 8, 2021
KARACHI: First it was the flooding of the Malir River caused by the rains and now it’s the construction of the Malir Expressway there seems to be no end to the miseries of the poor residents of Samoo Goth.
Though unprecedented rains and urban flooding in August last year brought life to a grinding halt everywhere in Karachi, Samoo Goth, a village situated near the Malir River, was among the most affected localities of the city.
Heavy rain caused the Malir River bund (embankment) to break, resulting in Samoo Goth being flooded with four to five feet of water, along with other villages and neighbourhoods situated on the river bank.
Karachi
January 3, 2021
The emergence of differences among the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s local ranks over the party ticket’s allocation for the PS-88 by-election has affected the party’s intensified efforts to snatch the constituency from the jaws of the Pakistan People’s Party, analysts said.
The PTI has issued a ticket to Jansher Junejo as its candidate for the PS-88 by-election. The PTI’s decision has angered the party’s district president for Malir rural Qadir Bakhsh Kalmati and other office-bearers “for not being consulted” on the process of awarding the ticket.
Kalmati is an influential political figure in the constituency and a strong aspirant for the ticket. However, the PTI has preferred to give tickets to Junejo, a leader who has served in various positions in the party.