Polling began at 8am and continued till 5pm without any break. — Photo by AFP

ISLAMABAD: Candidates of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) have emerged successful from two Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly seats — LA-30 Jammu and LA-36 Kashmir Valley-I — in Karachi on Wednesday, private television channels reported.

Polling began at 8am and continued till 5pm without any break.

According to unofficial results, Tahir Khokar and Saleem Butt of the MQM have managed to win the seats of AJK LA- 30 and AJK LA-36 respectively.

A candidate of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Raja Faisal clinched victory in LA 16, Bagh-IV.

Originally, polling in Karachi was to be held simultaneously with the general election in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on June 26 but it was postponed a day earlier owing to what the Sindh government described as a law and order situation not conducive to the process in Karachi.

There are no fewer than 23 candidates in the run — 12 vying for the LA-30 seat and another 11 for the LA-36 seat.