The Sindh High Court on Wednesday asked the Election Commission to stop a notification about PTI candidate's victory in PS-93, Karachi. The order was issued in response to a petition jointly filed by Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).

The London Metropolitan police on Wednesday launched an investigation against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain following complaints by PTI Chairman Imran Khan. According to a British newspaper, the Metropolitan police was investigating a controversial speech made by Altaf Hussain from London last week. "The investigation is in its early stages," The Guardian claimed. The British Foreign Office said on Saturday that it "strongly condemned" all acts of violence in Karachi.

At least six persons, including an MQM worker, were killed in different incidents of violence in the city on Wednesday, police and rescue sources said. A man, whose identity could not be ascertained, was shot dead by unknown armed men in the Lea Market area in the limits of Napier police station. The deceased appeared to be in his late teens. The body was shifted to Civil Hospital Karachi.