PPP emerges single largest party in Sindh LG polls Saeed Ghani.

Sindh Minister for Labour Saeed Ghani said on Monday the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has emerged as the single largest party in the second phase of local government elections.

The provincial minister said Jamaat-e-Islami's (JI) performance in the LG polls had been excellent and the political party was giving close competition to PPP. 'We have won from nearly 100 seats so far and JI is close behind us,' he said.

He said the people of Karachi have trusted the two parties and we have jointly won a considerable number of seats. We won't hold talks with PTI but we will reach out to other political parties for appointing a mayor in Karachi.'

He also clarified that elections were held on 240 seats while polls for reserve seats are due. 'The number that is being cited for a majority is a bit higher than needed because elections were...

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