NA-237 Karachi East-III () is a constituency for the
National Assembly
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of
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
.
Area
The constituency primarily consists of
Faisal Cantonment
The Faisal Cantonment ( ur, )is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as an Airforce base and residential establishment.
PAF Base established in 1925, as a strategically important British Royal Air force ...
,
Defence View, Kashmir Colony,
Akhtar Colony
Akhtar Colony ( ur, اختر کالونی) is a neighborhood in Karachi West District in Karachi, Pakistan. It was previously administered as part of Jamshed Town.Manzoor Colony
Manzoor Colony ( ur, منظور کالونی ) is a neighborhood in Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. It was previously administered as part of Jamshed Town, ,
Azam Basti,
Chanesar Goth,
Mehmoodabad
Mehmoodabad or Mahmudabad () is a neighborhood in Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. It was previously administered as part of Jamshed Town, ,
Baloch Colony Baloch Colony (Urdu:) is one of the neighbourhoods of Jamshed Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.Dhoraji Colony
Dhoraji Colony (Urdu: دھوراجی کالونی ) is a neighbourhood in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town, Karachi (Karachi East), Sindh, Pakistan, which is located between UC-1 (Civic Center Union Council) and UC-2 (Dehli Mercantile Union Council). The dem ...
,
Ferozabad,
Hill Park, Muhammad Ali Society,
Naval Colony
Naval Colony ( ur, نیول کالونی ) (officially known as Haroon Bahria Co-operative Housing Society or H.B.C.H.S.) is a residential neighbourhood in the Karachi West district of Karachi, Pakistan, that is a part of Baldia Town
Baldi ...
, Karsaz, KDA Scheme,
Gulistan-e-Johar
Gulistan-e-Johar or Gulistan-e-Jauhar ( ur, ) is a neighborhood in the Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan.
Administration
It was previously administered as part of the Gulshan Subdivision borough, which was disbanded in 2011. Some b ...
and
Pehlwan Goth.
Members of Parliament
2018-2023: NA-244 Karachi East-III
Election 2002
General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Syeed Safwanullah of
Muttahida Qaumi Movement Muttahida Qaumi Movement (abbreviated MQM) is a name currently claimed by two competing Pakistani political factions:
* Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London, a political faction managed from the UK
* Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan
Muttah ...
won by 23,856 votes.
Election 2008
General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008.
Waseem Akhtar
Wasim Akhtar (Urdu: ; born 25 November 1955) is a Pakistani politician of the Muttahida Quami Movement (P). He served as the Mayor of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, from 2016 to 2020. Shortly after his nomination as Mayor, he was controversi ...
of
Muttahida Qaumi Movement Muttahida Qaumi Movement (abbreviated MQM) is a name currently claimed by two competing Pakistani political factions:
* Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London, a political faction managed from the UK
* Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan
Muttah ...
won by 83,537 votes.
Election 2013
General elections were held on 11 May 2013.
Syed Ali Raza Abidi
Syed Ali Raza Abidi (; 6 July 1972 – 25 December 2018) was a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018.
Early life
He was born on 6 July 1972 in Karachi, Pakistan to Syed Ikhlaq ...
of
Muttahida Qaumi Movement Muttahida Qaumi Movement (abbreviated MQM) is a name currently claimed by two competing Pakistani political factions:
* Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London, a political faction managed from the UK
* Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan
Muttah ...
won by 81,603 votes and became the member of
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...
.
Election 2018
General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
See also
*
NA-236 Karachi East-II
*
NA-238 Karachi East-IV
References
External links
Election results official website
NA-251
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...
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