Several injured in pitched battle between PTI, PPP workers in Keamari.

Workers of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday clashed outside the office of the Keamari deputy returning officer (DRO) following the controversial results of the Sindh local government (LG) elections.

The PTI staged a protest against the results outside the Keamari DRO s office. Party's provincial bigwigs Khurram Sher Zaman and Syed Ali Zaidi led the protest. Police contingents tried to take control of the situation. Reports said the workers pelted each other with stones resulting in injuries of police personnel and four journalists covering the incident. The agitators also broke the windowpanes of the DRO's office. PTI MNA Syed Ali Zaidi said he was also injured in the clash.

Mr Zaman said the result was tampered with. 'We are demanding the DRO and the DC to notify the results as per the form-11, but they are not responding as they are being pressurised by the provincial government,' he claimed. The administration must, he said, pay heed to our complaints.

Mr Zaidi said the results were being changed inside the DRO s office. 'The PPP's goons came in the presence of the police and started pelting us with stones which left me injured,' he added.

PPP's Sharjeel Memon said the PTI workers came with a plan to attack the PPP workers. 'It is condemnable to attack the opponents after facing defeat in election, however, the administration will take action against the perpetrators,' he added.

Earlier, the PPP bagged most seats in Karachi, Hyderabad and other parts of Sindh in the second phase of the local government elections held on...