Second phase of AJK polls concludes amid renewed rigging allegations by PPP
The second phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections took place on Sunday, with polling held in eight out of the nine constituencies of Muzaffarabad division and all 12 refugee constituencies. Polling began at 8am and continued till 5pm for the refugee seats, while the process concluded at 6pm in Muzaffarabad after an hour-long extension. The electoral process in LA-27 (Muzaffarabad-I)…
The second phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections concluded on Sunday amid renewed allegations of electoral malpractices and rigging by the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). Polling took place in eight out of nine constituencies of Muzaffarabad division and all 12 refugee constituencies. The electoral process in LA-27 (Muzaffarabad-I) was postponed due to heavy rain, while 52 of the 147 polling stations in LA-28 (Muzaffarabad-II) were also postponed for the same reason.
Over 300 candidates contested for the Muzaffarabad seats and the 12 seats for refugees settled in various regions. Allegations of electoral malpractices were raised by the PPP, which demanded that those responsible for the attack on the party's regional president, Chaudhry Latif Akbar, and the murder of a PPP worker be arrested immediately.
The PPP Chairperson condemned an "attack" on the party’s regional president and accused the PML-N of "robbing" votes in the second phase of the AJK elections. PML-N Punjab Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb disputed the PPP's claim, stating that the man died due to heart failure and not bullet injury.
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