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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 2023 Karachi local government elections were held in Karachi, Pakistan on 15 January 2023 to elect members of local councils. These members would then elect the Mayor of Karachi (2023-2027). These elections were the 3rd Karachi local government elections.
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.
Waseem Akhtar (Urdu: وسیم اختر; 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.
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The demographics of Karachi are important as most politics in Karachi is driven and influenced by ethnic affiliation. The success of the MQM has always been patronized by the fact that city's population is dominated by the Muhajir people who remain loyal to the party, which was originally created and led by Altaf Hussain as a means to fight for the community's rights.