PPP to contest April 18 by-polls in 11 remaining UCs.

KARACHI -- The Pakistan Peoples Party on Saturday announced that it would field candidates to contest the upcoming by-elections in Karachi in all 11 union committees (UCs), where by-elections are going to be held on April 18.

The announcement to this effect was made by Labour Minister Saeed Ghani at a meeting of the PPP Karachi Division

The meeting took into consideration affairs related to the upcoming by-elections in 11 UCs in the city.

While speaking to the participants of the meeting, Mr Ghani, who is also PPP Karachi President, said the PPP would contest the upcoming by-polls from every constituency and would secure victory on the basis of public support.

The presidents and general secretaries of the PPP in different districts of Karachi also expressed their reservations about the ongoing census drive in the city.

The meeting decided that the same reservations would be duly conveyed to the relevant authorities of the federal and Sindh governments.

Mr Ghani said that from day one the PPP had been expressing reservations...