PM Shehbaz congratulates PML-N after party maintains lead in second phase of AJK polls
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulated the PML-N’s leadership and successful candidates on Monday after unofficial results of the second phase of elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir showed it had won 14 of 18 seats up for grabs the previous day. The PML-N’s main rival in the contest and also its ally in the Centre, the PPP, has accused the PML-N of electoral malpractices, rigging and…
The second phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections concluded on Sunday amid renewed allegations of electoral malpractices by the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). The polls were held in eight out of the nine constituencies of Muzaffarabad division and all 12 refugee constituencies, with the electoral process concluding at 6pm in Muzaffarabad after an hour-long extension.
The second phase of the elections is being held in three phases over security concerns, with the first phase held in Mirpur division on July 27 and the third phase set for August 10 across Poonch division. The PPP Chairperson, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, has accused the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) of "robbing" votes in the second phase of the AJK elections and has condemned an "attack" on the party's regional president, Chaudhry Latif Akbar, alleging that PPP worker Mushtaq Shah was killed in the same constituency.
The PPP has demanded that those responsible for the attack and the "murderers" of the party worker be arrested immediately.
Brief written by urgent.news from Dawn's own syndicated text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
This story
This is one outlet's version. Read the fullest account.
