Karachi’s new mayor might be working remotely — from prison

Karachi’s new mayor might be working remotely — from prison

Waseem Akhtar, a former member of parliament in Pakistan, was elected mayor of Karachi on Wednesday (Aug. 24), while still behind bars. A politician with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a political party that has ruled the metropolis for decades, Akhtar was a shoo-in to win the council elections, given his party’s control of the…