• Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab was directly elected as mayor.
• He was elected unopposed as UC Chairman from Ibrahim Hyderi.
• ECP will issue notification of election of Murtaza Wahab as Chairman.

KARACHI: Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab was elected unopposed as the Chairman of the Union Council(UC) of Ibrahim Hyderi Town.

Under the Sindh Local Government Act, the candidate will have to contest the union council election in 6 months if he becomes the mayor directly.

Even in the case of becoming the chairman of the district council, the candidate will have to contest the union council election in six months.

Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab was directly elected as the mayor and now he has been elected unopposed as the chairman of the Union Council of Ibrahim Hyderi Town.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will issue the notification of the election of Murtaza Wahab as the Chairman of the Union Council.

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