JI launches campaign for July 24 local govt elections in Karachi.

KARACHI -- As several parties still sound unprepared for the upcoming local government polls in Karachi and Hyderabad divisions, the city chapter of the Jamaat-i-Islami on Sunday formally launched its election campaign claiming itself 'the only option to put the metropolis on the track to progress and development'.

Polling for the second phase of the LG election in Karachi and Hyderabad divisions will be held on July 24.

The JI organised a workers' convention at the party's Idara Noor-i-Haq headquarters, where hundreds of its candidates gathered with activists vowing to run an aggressive and effective election campaign.

In his address, JI Karachi chief Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman asked his candidates and workers to reach out every single voter in more than a month-long campaign.

He said that all the available options, other than the JI, in the political arena failed Karachi and Karachiites. 'The JI is the only political force in the city which is capable to put Karachi back on the track to progress and development,' he said.

'Fortunately, the people of Karachi have realised who actually works for the megalopolis and who works for personal monetary gains and political point scoring. Incompetence, injustice, corruption and favouritism based policies for Karachi by the incumbent and...