NA-241 Karachi South-III () is a constituency for the

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that encompasses much of South

Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...

. The constituency is composed of the South Karachi localities of Aram Bagh, Civil Line, Clifton,

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, Gizri,

Mithadar Mithadar () 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 what is regarded as the ...

Kharadar Kharadar () 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. Etymology ''Kharadar'' literally means ''Br ...

, Nanak Wara, part of

Ranchore Line Ranchore Line (), officially named as Gazdarabad (), is a neighbourhood in the Saddar Town of Karachi South district of Karachi Pakistan, and part of PS-108 constituency. The neighborhood is one of the oldest in Karachi. It has a predominantly M ...

Saddar Saddar (), 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 concentratio ...

, and Serai Quarter.

Election 2002

General elections were held In NA-250 Karachi-XII on 10 October 2002.

Abdul Sattar Afghani Abdul Sattar Afghani (; 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). Background Afghani had Persian- ...

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal The Muttahida Majlis–e–Amal (MMA; Urdu: , ) is a political alliance consisting of conservative, Islamist, Religion in Pakistan, religious, and right-wing parties of Pakistan. Naeem Siddiqui (the founder of Tehreek e Islami) proposed such a ...

won by 24,462 votes followed by

Nasreen Jalil Nasreen Jalil () (born: 22 February 1944, Lahore) is a Pakistani politician and a senior leader of the MQM-P. She served as a member of the Senate of Pakistan from Sindh from 2012 to 2018. Previously, she served as the Deputy Mayor of Karachi ...

of MQM with 19,414 votes

Election 2008

The result of the 2008 general election in this constituency is given below. 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

A women voter casts her ballot in a polling station in NA-250

Dr.

Arif Alvi Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi () is a Pakistani politician who served as the 13th President of Pakistan, in office from 2018 to 2024. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018 and again from August to September 2018. ...

of PTI 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 (; 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 and e ...

of MQM at 28,374, and then Naimatullah Khan belonging to

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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 () 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 wing o ...

was assassinated outside her house. The entire week, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (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

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from NA-250 Constituency of

. Dr.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is a political party in Pakistan established in 1996 by cricketer and politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The party is led by Gohar Ali Khan since late 2023. ...

was declared the winner with 77,659 votes, followed by

of MQM at 30,365, and Naimatullah Khan of

, who received 11,698 votes.

Election 2018

Previously this constituency was labelled as NA-250, but in the 2018 general elections it was re-labelled by the

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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

br>won
the election but later resigned from the National Assembly constituency as he was then elected as the

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By-election 2018

On 5 September 2018,

tendered his resignation from the National Assembly as he was elected as the 13th

. The by-election was then held in this constituency on 21 October 2018.

Election 2024

General elections was held on 8 February 2024. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig won the election with 52,456 votes.

Notes

References

External links

Election result of NA-250
s official website
Candidates for
NA-247 Karachi South-II {{National Assembly constituencies of Pakistan NA-250