*KARACHI - By elections are going to be held on October 14 for National Assembly seat NA-243 in Karachi as t*he seat was left vacant by Prime Minister Imran Khan in July 25 general elections.
Khan chose to retain NA-95 Mianwali and leave NA-243 vacant.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Alamgir Khan, Aftab Siddiqui and Ashraf Jabbar Qureshi filed their papers to the election commission.
Alamgir Khan, a social activist and founder of ‘Fixit’ group, has been a strong supporter of the PTI.
Khan has won the PTI ticket to contest the by-poll.
Four candidates of the Pak Sarzameen Party, Asif Hasnain, Hassan Sabir, Muzamil Qureshi and Muhammad Salman have also filed their candidature.