NA-241 Karachi South-III () is a constituency for the
National Assembly
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of
Pakistan
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that encompasses much of South
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 ...
Civil Line
Civil Lines ( ur, سول لاینز ) is an upmarket neighbourhood in Karachi, Pakistan that was where much of Karachi's British officials and local elite resided during the colonial era. Numerous buildings of architectural significance are locat ...
,
Clifton
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Gizri
Gizri is one of the neighborhoods of Clifton Cantonment in the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. One of the oldest neighborhoods of Karachi was considered as Fishermen Village. There's still a small number of fisher live here who speak Bravhi & ...
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Mithadar
Mithadar ( ur, میٹھادر ) is one of the neighbourhoods of Saddar Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, and comprises the oldest part of Karachi that was once encircled by a wall. Mithadar and the adjacent community of Kharadar together form wha ...
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Kharadar
Kharadar ( ur, کھارادر ) is a neighbourhood in District South of Karachi, Pakistan. Kharadar and the adjacent communities of Mithadar and Jodia Bazaar together form what is regarded as the original core of Karachi.
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Nanak Wara
Nanak Wara ( ur, نانک واڑہ), originally laid out as the Jail Quarter, is a neighbourhood in central Karachi, Pakistan. The neighbourhood is part of the wider Saddar Town borough, and is located north of MA Jinnah Road. It is situated betwe ...
, part of
Ranchore Line
Ranchore Line ( ur, رنچھور لائن), officially named as Gazdarabad ( ur, گزدر آباد ), is a neighbourhood in the Karachi South district of Karachi, Pakistan. The neighborhood is one of the oldest in Karachi, and has a predominantly ...
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Saddar
Saddar ( ur, ), also known as Saddar Bazaar, is a neighbourhood in Karachi, Pakistan. The locality was developed as the primary commercial district during the period of British-era rule in Karachi. As a result, Saddar contains the large concentr ...
, and
Serai Quarter
Serai Quarter ( ur, ), sometimes called Serai Quarters, is a neighbourhood in central Karachi, Pakistan that forms much of its historic central business district. In addition to Karachi's financial centre centred on Serai Quarter's I. I. Chundr ...
.
Election 2002
General elections were held In NA-250 Karachi-XII on 10 October 2002.
Results
Abdul Sattar Afghani
Abdul Sattar Afghani ( ur, عبدالستار افغانی; 6 July 1930 – 4 November 2006) was a politician from Karachi, Pakistan. He was twice elected Mayor of Karachi and once an elected member of the National Assembly of Pakistan (MNA ...
of
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
The Muttahida Majlis–e–Amal (MMA; Urdu: , "United Council of Action") is a political alliance consisting of conservative, Islamist, religious, and far-right parties of Pakistan. Naeem Siddiqui (the founder of Tehreek e Islami) proposed suc ...
won by 24,462 votes followed by
Nasreen Jalil
Nasreen Jalil ( ur, ) (born: 22 February 1944, Lahore) is a Pakistani politician and a senior leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. She served as a member of the Senate of Pakistan from Sindh from 2012 to 2018. Previously, she served as ...
of MQM with 19,414 votes
Election 2008
The result of the 2008 general election in this constituency is given below.
Result
Khushbakhat Shujaat of MQM succeeded in the election 2008 and became the member of National Assembly with 52,045 votes, followed by Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig of PPP, who secured 44,412 votes.
Election 2013
Dr.
Arif Alvi
Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi (; born 29 July 1949) is a Pakistani dentist and politician currently serving as the 13th President of Pakistan, in office since 9 September 2018. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2 ...
of
PTI PTI may refer to:
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won the 2013 elections with a total of 76,305 votes. The elections were held on 11 May but there were abundant reports of election irregularities which resulted in the Election Commission of Pakistan declaring a re-polling a week later on 19 May 2013 in 42 polling stations out of a total of 186. Alvi was declared the winner with 76,305 votes, followed by
Khushbakht Shujaat
Khushbakht Shujaat ( ur, ; born 1 November 1948) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the Senate of Pakistan since March 2015. Previously, she had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.
Early life ...
Naimatullah Khan
Naimatullah Khan (1 October 1930 – 25 February 2020) was a Pakistani politician who served as the City Nazim (Mayor) of Karachi from August 2001 to June 2005.
Early life and career
He graduated from Punjab University with a Masters in Jour ...
belonging to
Jamaat-e-Islami
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, who received 11,149 votes. Jamaat-e-Islami boycotted the elections on the afternoon of 11 May (election day), citing massive election rigging in Karachi and Hyderabad.
On 18 May, a day before the re-polling, PTI leader
Zahra Shahid Hussain
Zahra Shahid Hussain ( ur, ) also known as Zara Apa, was a Pakistani activist-politician, teacher and the senior vice president of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Sindh. She had formerly served as the president for PTI's women's wi ...
was assassinated outside her house. The entire week, the
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 ...
(MQM) had been appealing to the Election Commission of Pakistan to hold elections throughout the NA-250 constituency, but their appeal was rejected. Ultimately MQM chose to boycott the re-polling of 42 polling stations in NA-250 on 19 May. Alvi of PTI was declared as a Member of the
National Assembly of Pakistan
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from NA-250 Constituency of
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 ...
.
Result
Dr.
Arif Alvi
Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi (; born 29 July 1949) is a Pakistani dentist and politician currently serving as the 13th President of Pakistan, in office since 9 September 2018. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2 ...
of
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
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was declared the winner with 76,305 votes, followed by
Khushbakht Shujaat
Khushbakht Shujaat ( ur, ; born 1 November 1948) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the Senate of Pakistan since March 2015. Previously, she had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.
Early life ...
Naimatullah Khan
Naimatullah Khan (1 October 1930 – 25 February 2020) was a Pakistani politician who served as the City Nazim (Mayor) of Karachi from August 2001 to June 2005.
Early life and career
He graduated from Punjab University with a Masters in Jour ...
of
Jamaat-e-Islami
Jamaat-e-Islami ( ur, ) () is an Islamic movement founded in 1941 in British India by the Islamic theologian and socio-political philosopher, Syed Abul Ala Maududi.van der Veer P. and Munshi S. (eds.''Media, War, and Terrorism: Responses fro ...
, who received 11,149 votes.
Election 2018
Previously this constituency was labelled as NA-250, but in the 2018 general elections it was re-labelled by the
Election Commission of Pakistan
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as NA-247 Karachi South-II. The 2018 general elections were held on 25 Jul 2018 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's
Arif Alvi
Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi (; born 29 July 1949) is a Pakistani dentist and politician currently serving as the 13th President of Pakistan, in office since 9 September 2018. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2 ...
br>won the election but later resigned from the National Assembly constituency as he was then elected as the 13th
President of Pakistan
The president of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=s̤adr-i Pākiṣṭān), officially the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is the ceremonial head of state of Pakistan and the commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Armed Forces.Dr. Arif Alvi tendered his resignation from the National Assembly as he was
elected Elected may refer to:
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*Election
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as the 13th
President of Pakistan
The president of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=s̤adr-i Pākiṣṭān), officially the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is the ceremonial head of state of Pakistan and the commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Armed Forces.Mirza Ikhtiar Baig won the election with 52,456 votes.
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 ...