![]() In the 2015 CBH polls, MQM had won six seats, two of them unopposed, to lay hands on the coveted slot of vice-president for the first time. ![]() Six of them have been declared “sensitive” by the Election Commission of Pakistan. There are 48,965 registered voters - 27,073 male and 21,892 female - for whom 35 polling stations have been set up. Three women - Afshan Rauf Shaikh (an educationist) of PTI, Sana Arshad (a schoolteacher) of PSP and Azra Miandad (a retired policewoman) of PPP - are trying their luck on general seats for the first time.Ī total of 74 candidates, including 20 independents, are in the race. Very interesting contests are expected on the seats for which women aspirants have been fielded. MQM-P is, however, faced with the post-August 2016 political landscape which witnessed emergence of its Dr Farooq Sattar faction and Pak Sarzameen Party, led by Syed Mustafa Kamal. It had won most seats in the previous election held in 2015. ![]() HYDERABAD: Surprises cannot be ruled out in the Sept 12 election for local government representatives in the Cantonment Board Hyderabad (CBH) though the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) is poised to maintain its winning streak. ![]()
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