KARACHI:The swearing-in ceremony of elected members on 121 specific seats in the KMC council was held on Wednesday at the City Council Hall, in which Commissioner Karachi Muhammad Iqbal Memon administered the oath of membership to the members of the city council elected on specific seats. Municipal Commissioner KMC Syed Shujaat Hussain was also present on the occasion. Members of the City Council took an oath under the Local Government Act 2013.

Member Noor Jahan and Laila Parveen belonging to Pakistan People's Party and elected representative of Pakistan Muslim League (N) Iqbal Bano were absent from the swearing-in ceremony.

These seats are allotted to different parties on the basis of their win in UC elections which include women, labor, minority, youth, disabled and eunuch seats, out of total 81 seats for women, Pakistan People's Party has 34, Jamaat-e-Islami 29, PTI 14, Pakistan Muslim League (N) 3 and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam got one seat, out of total 12 youth seats, Pakistan Peoples Party got 5, Jamaat-e-Islami got 4, PTI got 2 and Pakistan Muslim League (N) got one seat. Out of the total 12 seats of labor, Pakistan Peoples Party has got 5, Jamaat-e-Islami 4, PTI 2 and Pakistan Muslim League (N) one seat.

Out of the total 12 seats of minorities, Pakistan Peoples Party has got 5, Jamaat-e-Islami 4, PTI 2 and Pakistan Muslim League (N) one seat. Similarly, out of the total 12 seats of youth Pakistan Peoples Party got 5, Jamaat-e-Islami got 4 seats, PTI got 2 seats and Pakistan Muslim League (N) got one seat.

Pakistan Peoples Party and Jamaat-e-Islami have got one seat each out of the total 2 seats of the disabled, while one seat each of the eunuch has also gone to the Pakistan Peoples Party and Jamaat-e-Islami. The selection of members has been done as per Sindh Local Government Act 2013.