A Pulse Consultant study conducted in the month of October has revealed that Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) is the leading party in the capital of Sindh.

This study was conducted in the month of October, from 17th to 20th with a representative sample of 1,000+ respondents across all Socio-Economic Classes amongst the age group 18-60 years.
The study revealed that 32 per cent of Karachiites will vote for PTI followed by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI).

However, for Local Govt Elections, interestingly, JI is ahead of PTI, with the former being the choice of 28 per cent of respondents, whereas PTI is the preferred choice of 23 per cent of Karachiites, followed by PPP (8 per cent).

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Separately the survey also revealed that a phenomenal increase in street crimes makes Karachiites feel frightened.

■ 7 out of 10 (69%) reported that someone in their neighborhood is a victim of street crimes
■ Similarly, 6 out of 10 (63%) claimed that someone in their workplace (Office / Business Colleagues) has faced an incident of street crime
■ 2 out of 10 (23%) respondents from Karachi directly suffered and lost belongings due to street crime

The survey also asked 1000 respondents about the problems they are facing in the city to which 53 per cent of them said they have issues with broken roads.

■ 5 in 10 respondents (53%) are complaining about broken roads.
■ Similarly, 5 amongst 10 respondents (46%) reported the problem of sewerage.
■ 4 in 10 (42%) reported the problem of power shortages
■ 26% are worried about the cleanliness in Karachi
■ 22% are concerned about shortage of drinking water
■ 20% believe that city’s “Infrastructure” has been destroyed and deprived
■ 17% are complaining about corruption in the system
■ 16% are facing the problem of “Not meeting daily expenses”
■ 15% facing the problem of gas shortages
■ 6% complained about the “Quota System”, 5% about the “Local Govt Authority” & 4% have concerns about dengue.