'Talks with PPP only if it accepts JI's victory'.

LAHORE -- Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) emir Sirajul Haq has expressed the resolve that the JI will give its mayor to Karachi, saying the party is ready to hold talks with all stakeholders on the agenda, except the PPP.

At a central leadership meeting in Mansoora on Tuesday, he said the JI would only negotiate with Sindh's ruling party if the latter recognised the JI as the port city's top-leading party.

The PPP, Haq alleged, was directly involved in rigging in the second phase of the local government elections and tried to block the way of the JI under a conspiracy in some union councils.

'We have proof of rigging in at least nine UCs,' he said, adding that if rigging had not occurred in some areas, the JI would have emerged as the single largest party in Karachi on Sunday. He asked the PPP to accept reality and give back the JI mandate if it was serious about moving ahead.

He said the...