PPP denies reports Wahab finalised as party’s mayoral candidate

After some television news channels aired the name of Barrister Murtaza Wahab as the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) candidate for the Karachi mayor, the PPP on Thursday again made it clear that no name has yet been finalised by it for the posts of mayor, deputy mayor, chairman and vice-chairman in any district of the province.

A statement issued on Thursday quoted PPP leaders Senator Nisar Khuhro and Faryal Talpur as saying that the names circulating in the media as the PPP’s candidates for heading local bodies in the province were baseless.

They made it clear that no name had yet been finalised for the posts of mayor, deputy mayor, chairman and vice-chairman of municipal agencies in any district of Sindh and the Karachi division.

They said that different names were still under consideration for such posts. They said a formal announcement would be made by the party after finalising its candidates for these positions.

Meanwhile, Khuhro, who is also the Sindh PPP president, said protest demonstrations would be held in all districts in the province against undue delay by the Election Commission of Pakistan in completing the process of formation of the local governments.

He said demonstrations would be held by the PPP on Friday (today) to put forth the demand that the ECP quicken the process of the formation of the local governments.