PPP urges JI to shun differences for Karachi's betterment.

KARACHI -- Sindh Minister for Education Saeed Ghani on Wednesday said that Jamat-e-Islami (JI) was on Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) priority for talks over forming an alliance to appoint Karachi's mayor.

As per the results issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the PPP is in the lead with success in 91 Union Councils out of 235. JI stands second with victories in 88 UCs, and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) came third after winning in 40 UCs.

Amid the finalisation of results, the minister hinted that his party might form an alliance with JI but ruled out any possibility to join hands with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

"It would be better that PPP and JI hold talks," the minister said during a press conference in Karachi.

Ghani said that the information being provided to JI's Karachi Chief Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman are not correct.

"Hafiz Naeem's information regarding victory on 94 seats is wrong," the minister said.

He said that even PPP's winning candidates have requested recounting claiming that their votes were less.

"We didn't create a fuss over JI's request for recounting. Jamat rioted when they realised that they were losing Akhtar Colony's seat," Ghani said, adding that votes were recounted for union council (UC) of the said area.

Ghani said that PPP also has objections over the results in some places, and requested the JI to be part of the recounting.

While criticising the runner-up party, the minister alleged that JI held the returning officer in District West hostage.

"Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman threatened the commissioner while talking to him," he said, adding that doing so is totally inappropriate.

He said that such a behaviour wasn't expected of the JI's Karachi chief.

He said that there were people in PPP as well who were disgruntled and enraged but he didn't provoke them.

"JI got seats...