KARACHI: The race for the coveted workplace of Karachi mayor took an intriguing activate Saturday after Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) introduced its endorsement of Naeem ur-Rehman from Jamaat-i-Islami for the place.

A spokesperson for the opposition occasion confirmed the occasion’s help for Rehman, accusing the ruling Pakistan Peoples Social gathering (PPP) of pre-vote rigging.

Following the hotly contested native our bodies elections within the port metropolis, the occasion of overseas minister Bilawal Bhutto emerged as the most important group however fell wanting securing the required easy majority of 179 votes to say the mayor’s workplace.

Even with an alliance fashioned with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the PPP will nonetheless want a minimal of twenty-two further votes to achieve the bulk threshold.

By way of seat distribution, the PPP presently holds the most important variety of seats within the metropolis council with 98, adopted by Jamaat-e-Islami with 89 seats and PTI with 42 seats. Nevertheless, no single occasion instructions a easy majority within the metropolis council.

The spokesperson for PTI claimed that the PPP, in collaboration with the Sindh police, was participating within the “abduction” of elected representatives of the occasion earlier than they could possibly be sworn into workplace.

These allegations had been made within the context of the PTI’s rivalry that the PPP, having beforehand evaded municipal elections on 4 events, now seeks to swiftly elect a mayor.

In response to those issues, the spokesperson revealed that the occasion has approached the courtroom to deal with the matter.

They emphasised the necessity for a clear course of to elect the mayor, asserting that each the PPP and Muttahida Qaumi Motion (MQM) had been immune to accepting the general public mandate.

Following PTI’s help, Rehman finds himself in a powerful place for securing the mayoral submit in Karachi.

KARACHI: Sindh Info and Transport Minister Sharjeel Memon has introduced plans to develop the fleet of the Peoples Bus Service in Karachi. The provincial authorities is at the moment in talks with an area producer of diesel-electric hybrid buses to facilitate this initiative.

Throughout a ceremony held to introduce a diesel-electric hybrid bus manufactured by Yutong Grasp Firm, Memon assured overseas traders and the native enterprise group that the Sindh authorities would prolong its full assist and supply needed amenities to boost their capability and productiveness.

On the occasion, representatives of the native producer introduced Minister Memon with the important thing to a diesel-electric hybrid bus.

Memon took the chance to emphasize the particular directions given by former president Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Peoples Social gathering (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah to related provincial officers.

These directions goal to enhance public transport companies in all cities and districts of the province.

“There’s a clear directive from chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah to modernise public transport companies all through Sindh,” mentioned Memon.

He additional revealed plans for the development of a devoted bus depot for the transport division, with extra bus depots to be established within the metropolis as required by the general public transport techniques.

In a latest tweet, he introduced {that a} new fleet of diesel-electric hybrid buses would quickly arrive in Karachi, because the mannequin bus has already been obtained.

“The transport division is introducing new transportation initiatives for the folks of Sindh. God prepared, PPP’s Sindh authorities will present most transport amenities,” he added.

KARACHI: Gul Hassan Kalmati, a extremely regarded historian, researcher, and author from Sindh, handed away on Wednesday following a battle with liver most cancers.

Kalmati had been affected by the illness and skilled an additional decline in his well being in December. He breathed his final at a hospital in Karachi.

All through his profession, Kalmati authored quite a few books in Sindhi, Urdu, and English. His notable contributions embody in depth analysis on the provincial capital, Karachi.

Amongst his works, probably the most well-known ebook is “Karachi Sindh Ji Marvi,” which supplied a modernised perspective on the historical past of town.

Born on July 5, 1957, in Haji Arzi Baloch Village, Gadap, District Malir, Kalmati was one among 9 siblings. He obtained a B.A. diploma from Sindh Muslim Authorities Arts and Commerce Faculty in 1978. In 1983, he earned a Grasp’s Diploma in Journalism from the College of Karachi. Kalmati additionally held a Grasp’s Diploma in Sindhi Literature from the identical college.

The passing of Kalmati is a good loss to the sphere of historical past and literature, and his contributions will probably be remembered and celebrated for years to come back, his admirers mentioned.