Hyderabad Municipal Corporation

Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (Sindhi: حيدرآباد ميونسپلٽي, Urdu: بلدیہ اعلی حیدرآباد abbreviated as HMC) is a public corporation and governing body to provide municipal services in Hyderabad and Latifabad Talukas of Hyderabad, the 2nd largest city of Sindh, Pakistan. The longest serving head of HMC was Jamil Ahmed.

Hyderabad Municipal Corporation

بلدیہ اعلی حیدرآباد
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Leadership
Kashif Shoro, PPP
since 20 June 2023
Saghir Qureshi, PPP
since 20 June 2023
Leader of the Opposition
Rehan Rajput, PTI
since 16 July 2023 To 27 August 2024.
Muhammad Nuzair Khan, PTI
since 28 August 2024
Administrator
Shoaib Ahmed Malik[1]
Anees Ahmed Dasti[1], Pakistan Administrative Service
Seats160
Elections
Last election
2023
Footnotes
After the dissolution of Councils and completion of Mayor's Tenure, the Government of Sindh appoints and designates powers of Mayor and Council to some administrative officer.[2]

Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has 96 general seats and 47 reserved seats.[3] it was made defunct in Sindh Local Ordinance 2001, but was revived by PPP government. Qasimabad was taken out of HMC and formed separate municipal committee.[4]

The 96 elected chairmen of Union Committee become members of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and elect their mayor and deputy mayor[5]

HMC comprises 160 Union Councils of Hyderabad city and Latifabad Talukas.

On August 30, 2016, MQM's Mayor and deputy mayor took office in Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.[6]

Hyderabad Local Elections

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Election 1987

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Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Elections 1987[7]
Panel HMC Percentage %
1   Haq Parast 40 66.7%
2 Others 20 33.3%
Total 60 100%

Election 2005

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City District Government Hyderabad Elections 2005[8][9]
Panel Hyderabad City Latifabad Qasimabad CDGH Percentage %
1   Haq Parast 19 14 2 35 61.5%
2   Awam Dost 1 3 13 17 38.5%
Total 20 17 15 52 100%

Election 2015

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Hyderabad Municipal Elections 2015[10][11]
Party Hyderabad City Latifabad HMC Percentage %
1   Muttahida Qaumi Movement 36 43 78 82.2%
2   Pakistan Peoples Party 15 1 16 16.8%
3 Independents 1 - 1 1%
Total 52 44 96 100%
Votes Polled 351,253 50%
Total Votes 700,666 100%

On August 24, 2016, through Mayor elections, Tayyab Hussain and Suhail Mashadi of MQM were elected Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Hyderabad respectively.[12][13] They bagged 111 votes, while their rival PPP candidates got 27 votes.[14] They took oath on August 30, 2016.[15]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Anti encroachment operation continues in Hyderabad". The Nation (newspaper). 18 December 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Local bodies across province dissolved after completion of term". Dawn (newspaper). 1 September 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  3. ^ "MQM bags slots of mayor, deputy mayor of Hyderabad". Business Recorder. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  4. ^ Khan, Mohammad Hussain (2015-11-18). "District profile: The battle for Hyderabad". Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  5. ^ Newspaper, the (2015-10-30). "Sindh local government set-up explainer". Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  6. ^ Khan, Mohammad Hussain (2015-11-20). "MQM set to secure top positions in Hyderabad Municipal Corporation". Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  7. ^ Chand, Attar (1991-01-01). Pakistan, party politics, pressure groups, and minorities. Commonwealth Publishers. ISBN 9788171691456.
  8. ^ "HAQ PARAST CANDIDATES WINNING THE LOCAL BODIES ELECTION FROM SANGHAR". www.mqm.org. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  9. ^ Report, Dawn (2005-08-27). "MQM bags Hyderabad, PPP loses strongholds". Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  10. ^ "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  11. ^ "Local Government election 2015, Sindh phase-2 voter turnout". Archived from the original on February 11, 2021.
  12. ^ "Winning Mirpurkhas, MQM also installs mayor in HMC - The Express Tribune". 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  13. ^ "MQM wins in Karachi, Hyderabad, PPP rules interior Sindh". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  14. ^ "MQM's Tayyab, Sohail Mashadi elected Hyderabad Mayor & Deputy Mayor".
  15. ^ "Hyderabad mayor, deputy mayor take oath". Business Recorder. Retrieved 2016-09-18.