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PSP chairman Mustafa Kamal is standing as his party’s candidate from NA-249.
The former mayor belonged to the MQM, before he suddenly left the country in August 2013. He returned in 2016 and formed the PSP.
In the 2018 election, Dr Fouzia Hameed who had contested from NA-249 on behalf of the PSP had secured just 1,617 votes.
Ahead of the by-polls, which he is contesting himself this time, the PSP chief said that water was a big problem for the residents of areas lying within the NA-249 constituency.
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ANP Sindh General Secretary Younis Buneri addresses a press conference alongside PML-N s Miftah Ismail in Karachi. DawnNewsTV
The Awami National Party (ANP) on Wednesday announced the withdrawal of its candidate for the upcoming by-elections in NA-249 Karachi, scheduled for April 29, in favour of PML-N s Miftah Ismail.
The seat had fallen vacant after Faisal Vawda of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf resigned from the National Assembly for his Senate seat. In the 2018 general elections, Vawda had defeated PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif with a narrow margin.
The ANP had fielded Haji Aurangzeb Khan Buneri, but the party withdrew his candidacy after talks with the PML-N.
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