Unlike other constituencies of the national and provincial assemblies of Karachi where by-polls were held in recent months, a frenzied three-way contest is expected in the PS-127, a provincial assembly seat of the rural and urban areas of Malir.
The main stakeholders in the constituency's politics include the ruling Pakistan People's Party, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf - and all of them are confident of winning the seat.
The Election Commission of Pakistan has announced that by-election in PS-127 would be held on July 13 and has issued its schedule.
The seat was vacated after the resignation of Ashfaq Ahmed Mangi, an MQM MPA who on April 18 joined the newly-launched Pak Sarzameen Party led by former Karachi mayor Mustafa Kamal.
The constituency comprises a mix of urban and rural areas. Its urban parts include Jaffar Tayyar Society, a Shia majority neighbourhood, and the Gharibabad union council. Dozens of villages including Old Thano, Ghazi Dawood Brohi Goth, Aasoo Goth - where various Baloch and Sindhi tribes and Memons are settled - make up rural parts. - Posted on : 13-August-2016