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46 MLAs take oath after PML-N wins six reserved seats against PPP's two

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) secured six of the eight reserved seats in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Monday, further strengthening its position in the house.

PML-N moves a step closer to securing the numbers required to form the next government in AJK

Rana Sanaullah says PML-N is three seats away from a two-thirds majority in the AJK Assembly

PML-N secures 25 seats as AJK poll process concludes

The 2026 general election process in Azad Jammu and Kashmir has advanced with the announcement of results from two constituencies in Bagh, where the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) secured one seat each.

MUZAFFARABAD: Sardar Ziaul Qamar of the PPP and Sardar Mir Akbar of the PML-N retained the lead in their respective constituencies in Bagh, after results were received from all 23 polling stations where repolling was held on Saturday. According to unofficial and unverified results, Qamar defeated the PML-N’s Mushtaq Ahmed Minhas in LA-15 (Central Bagh) by 1,891 votes. He secured 17,118 votes against Minhas’s 15,227. Repolling was held at nine polling stations in the constituency. It was the third consecutive defeat for Minhas in the constituency, who had entered electoral politics in 2016 under the banner of the PML-N, won that election and served as a minister during the following five years. Qamar, meanwhile, secured his second consecutive victory after winning the 2023 by-election. In LA-16 (Eastern Bagh), the PML-N’s Akbar defeated the PPP’s Sardar Qamaruz Zaman by 3,833 votes, securing 20,796 votes against his rival’s 16,963. Repolling was held at 14 polling stations in the constituency. Akbar has won fo...

PML-N strengthens its position to form AJK government as final Bagh results give it 25 seats against PPP’s 12

MUZAFFARABAD: A controversy emerged on Wednesday after the returning officer (RO) issued Form 27 declaring PPP’s Faisal Mumtaz Rathore, the sitting AJK prime minister, the winner from LA-17 (Haveli), despite rival PML-N candidate Engineer Mohsin Aziz being assured that the form would not be issued until the Election Commission took up his complaint. The development triggered fresh tensions in Haveli district, where PML-N workers announced a complete shutter-down strike and protest from Thursday (August 13) for an indefinite period. At a meeting in Forward Kahuta, chaired by PML-N Haveli president Syed Abid Bukhari, participants demanded that the Election Commission open all polling bags from LA-17, order a recount and determine the result on the basis of the original results issued by presiding officers at the polling stations. They warned that the scope of the protest would be expanded if the demand was not accepted. Polling in the constituency had been held on Monday amid serious allegations and counter-all...

The PML-N appeared set to gain at least one seat in Poonch division, where four constituencies went to the polls on Monday amid allegations of rigging, violence and disruption, with polling suspended at some places. The biggest upset was the defeat of Muslim Conference president Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan in LA-14 (Dhirkot), a constituency from where he, and before him his uncle and father, had been elected in all nine elections since 1985. His defeat also appeared to underscore the political decline of what was once the largest and longest-ruling party in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), but was reduced to a marginal force following the emergence of the PML-N in 2010. Khan was defeated by Sajid Iqbal Abbasi, who contested his first election on the ticket of the little-known Awami Dast-o-Bazu Party, by a margin of more than 21,000 votes, according to unofficial and unverified results from 213 of the 214 polling stations. Observers attributed Abbasi’s victory largely to his hands-on efforts for the development of ...

Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah has claimed that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will form the government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir with a two-thirds majority.

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah said on Saturday that the PML-N would form the government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) with a two-thirds majority. He made the remarks while addressing a rally in Bagh ahead of the third phase of elections in the region. The third phase was originally slated to be held in the 11 constituencies of Poonch division, but will now only be held in its Bagh and Haveli districts due to law and order concerns. Addressing the rally, Sanaullah said that in the first two phases, the PML-N had secured 24 seats. He said that six more seats were required for a two-thirds majority government. Expressing confidence that the public will vote for his PML-N, the minister asserted that four more seats would be added following the August 10 polls, while five more would be added when polls would be held in the rest of Poonch Division. “The PML-N will form a government with a two-thirds majority. The people of Kashmir have trusted PML-N. They have trusted Mian Nawa...

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claimed on Friday that certain elements within the ruling PML-N were undermining Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and sowing discord between him and his political allies. The PPP and the PML-N have been engaged in a war of words since the latter emerged in the lead in Mirpur polls on July 27. The PML-N has also won the majority of the seats in the second phase, with the PPP accusing it of rigging and other violent tactics in both phases. The PPP chief was addressing an election rally in Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, where the third phase of elections in the region is slated to be held. “High-profile people are saying that the government has collapsed. I’m not saying that, nor am I casting doubt on the prime minister’s intentions. He’s a good man with good intentions. But what can he do when the people around him have bad intentions?” Bilawal asked. In reference to remarks he made earlier this week, the party chief highlighted that the PPP did not start the “countdo...

MUZAFFARABAD: The PML-N and PPP have secured one seat each in the two constituencies of Muzaffarabad division where polling was held on Tuesday after being fully or partially deferred due to landslides and adverse weather that blocked roads and prevented the timely dispatch of polling staff and election material. The contest was part of the second phase of elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), during which candidates vied for seats in Muzaffarabad division and 12 seats reserved for refugees from India-occupied Kashmir. According to official results released by the AJK Election Commission, PML-N’s Noreen Arif bagged the LA-27 (Kutla) seat with 18,919 votes, beating first runner-up, Sardar Tabarak Ali of the Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) by 298 votes. PPP’s Sardar Javed Ayoub was the second runner-up, with 18,037 votes. Meanwhile, PPP’s Syed Bazil Ali Naqvi bagged 28,214 votes to win the LA-28 (Lachhrat) seat, where PML-N’s Chaudhry Shahzad Mahmood secured 26,866 votes to emerge as the first runner-up. T...

• PPP’s Bazil Ali Naqvi maintains narrow lead in LA-28 • PML-N’s Noreen Arif leads by fewer than 200 votes in LA-27 • Talal tells Bilawal to ‘show grace in defeat’ after PPP cries foul over rigging • AJK speaker alleges 14,000 fake votes after defeat; seeks forensic vote audit in Khawra MUZAFFARABAD / ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidates appeared poised to secure one seat each in the two constituencies of Muzaffarabad division where polling was held on Tuesday after being fully or partially deferred on Sunday due to landslides and adverse weather that blocked roads and prevented the timely dispatch of polling staff and election material. According to unofficial and unverified results available past midnight, PPP candidate Syed Bazil Ali Naqvi was maintaining a slender lead over his PML-N rival, Chaudhry Shahzad Mahmood, in LA-28 (Lachhrat). The final consolidation of results was under way when this report went to press. Polling had been held at 122 of the...

Atta Tarar urges PPP to graciously accept defeat Info minister rejects rigging claims, asks PPP leaders to show irrefutable evidence Sanaullah says PML-N won 23 of 45 seats Elections conducted in free, fair manner.

AJK polls: PML-N emerges as largest party with 23 seats

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 violence during Sunday polls, as it had during the first phase of the elections in Mirpur division on July 27. The PML-N secured nine of the 13 seats in the first phase while the PPP won the remaining four. Elections in AJK are being held in three phases over security concerns, with polling having been held on seven seats of Muzaffarabad division and 12 refugee seats — the reserved seats for refugees from India-occupied Kashmir — on Sunday. In the third phase, elections will be held in 11 constituencies of Poonch division. ‘Results reflect people’s confidence in PML-N’s policies’ A statement released by the PM’s Office on Mo...

The PML-N has bagged 14 seats while the PPP has managed to secure just four of the total 18 seats that were up for grabs in the second phase of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) election on Sunday, according to unofficial results released by the Election Commission. Polling was postponed until Tuesday in LA-27 Muzaffarabad-I (Kutla) and at 71 of the 174 polling stations in LA-28 Muzaffarabad-II (Lachhrat) as polling staff and election material could not reach the constituency because of landslides and bad weather that resulted in blocked roads. State broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported the unofficial results of 18 seats, citing Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Ghulam Mustafa Mughal’s press talk in Muzaffarabad. During the press talk, he announced that the PML-N had won 14 seats and the PPP four. Unofficial results LA-34 bagged by PML-N’s Nasir Dar LA-35 bagged by PML-N’s Chaudhry Muhammad Ismail LA-36 bagged by PML-N’s Muhammad Ahsan Raza LA-37 bagged by PNL-N’s Maryam Javed LA-38 bagged by PML-N’s Zeesh...

RAWALPINDI - Punjab Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Sunday said the results of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly elections for refugee seats reflected the public’s confidence in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).