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Pakistan People’s Party candidate Murtaza Wahab was elected Karachi mayor on Thursday defeating Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Hafiz Naeemur Rehman.

Murtaza Wahab bagged 173 votes while Naeemur Rehman could secured 161votes. The election was held on show of hand basis. The voting started at 11:00 am.

The election was held at the the Arts Council's auditorium. Out of 366 members, 333 members were present at the polling venue while 33 members could not reach the polling venue to cast their vote. As the voting started, the doors of the auditorium were closed.

Around 300 Rangers and police personnel had been deployed for securing the election venue. The Interior Ministry on Wednesday approved the deployment of Rangers in Karachi for the elections of mayor and deputy mayor.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had written a letter to the Ministry of Interior for the provision of security for the elections of the mayor and deputy mayor of Karachi but it was denied.

On the refusal of request by the Ministry of Interior, Election Commission Secretary Umar Hameed wrote to the Interior Secretary again, after which the Interior Ministry approved the deployment of Rangers in the port city.

The Interior Ministry said that the number of paramilitary troops and their deployment would be decided after consultation with the ECP officials.

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