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Mayor of Karachi (Urdu: ناظم کراچی; Sindhi: ميئر ڪراچي ) is the executive of the Karachi metropolitan corporation and the Karachi local government system of the city of Karachi which is the third tier of governance in Pakistan after Federal and provincial governments.
In the 2023 election, Murtaza Wahab and Hafiz Naeem Ur Rehman competed for the position of mayor in Karachi. Murtaza Wahab, the candidate from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), emerged as the apparent winner with 173 votes, while Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman from Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) received 160 votes, according to unofficial results.
The Sindh Local Govt defines mayor and deputy mayor as: x. ‘Chairman’ means the chairman and include chairperson of Council constituted under the Act but in the case of a Municipal Corporation or a Metropolitan Corporation, the Chairman may be called the Mayor. xlviii. “Mayor” means the Mayor of a Corporation; xxi.
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (Urdu: بلدیہَِ عظمیٰ ... (Mayor) 166 5 1983-1987 Abdul Sattar Afghani (Mayor) 232 6 1988-1992
The office of the mayor is located in the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Building. The Karachi Local Government system consists of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation which is subdivided into of 6 District Municipal Corporations each headed by a chairman and deputy chairman.
Civic Center, Karachi is the civic center which is the headquarters for the Government of Karachi, Pakistan, and the office for the Mayor of Karachi is located here. Karachi Development Authority, Sindh Building Control Authority offices are also headquartered here.
The 2023 Karachi Mayoral election took place on 15 June 2023. Both Barrister Murtaza Wahab of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Hafiz Naeem Ur Rehman of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) ran for mayor. Salman Abdullah Murad and Saifuddin Awan were the PPP and JI's respective candidates for deputy mayor.
The historic and iconic Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Building houses the mayor's and deputy mayor's office as well as the City Council (which has 304 members, all of whom are Union Committee Chairman). Due to increased number of members of Karachi's municipal government, and a shortage of space, the City Council passed a resolution for new ...