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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).

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Information Secretary Maryam Aurangzeb on Sunday expressed confidence that the party was heading towards another victory in Muzaffarabad following its success in Mirpur during the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections.

PML-N president urges leaders to keep politics civil

MUZAFFARABAD: Senior leaders of the PML-N and PPP on Saturday resumed talks aimed at defusing tensions between the two parties following the latter’s allegations of rigging in four of the 13 constituencies in Mirpur division during the first phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections. The PPP and the PML-N — coalition partners in the Centre — have been engaged in a war of words since the PML-N emerged in the lead during the first phase of polls. The PPP has accused the PML-N of rigging in Mirpur and demanded re-polling. The latest round of talks followed two earlier meetings — the first at a local hotel on Thursday night and the second before noon on Friday. The PML-N delegation comprised Prime Minister’s Adviser Rana Sanaullah, Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs Amir Muqam, and PML-N AJK chapter secretary general and MLA-elect Chaudhry Tariq Farooq. Representing the PPP were former Senate chairman Nayyar Bokhari, former federal minister Qamar Zaman Kaira and AJK Prime Minister Faisal Mumtaz Rathor...

Sana questions PPP's democratic credentials; Ghani accuses PML-N of rigging

The PPP and the PML-N continued lambasting each other on Saturday, extending their rhetoric from the ongoing elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) to the other party’s previous tenures in power. The PPP and the PML-N — coalition partners in the Centre — have been engaged in a war of words since the PML-N emerged as the winner in the elections in AJK’s Mirpur division. The PPP has accused the PML-N of rigging in Mirpur and demanded re-polling. The political temperatures remain heated as the second phase of AJK elections is set to be held tomorrow in nine constituencies of Muzaffarabad division. The third phase is scheduled for August 10 in all 12 refugee constituencies, and 11 constituencies of Poonch division. In the latest exchange, PML-N senior leader Rana Sanaullah remarked on President Asif Ali Zardari’s role as he responded to PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s allegations of rigging in the 2024 general elections. “If you call the votes secured by the prime minister votes of Forms-47, then on what...

PPP leader Saeed Ghani on Saturday alleged that the PML-N had never won a general election without rigging. Addressing a press conference in Karachi, Ghani said, “The PPP did not secure power through rigging in any of the elections held till today. “On the other hand, however many times the PML-N has secured power, it has not been without rigging.” Ghani, also the Sindh labour minister, made the allegation as he responded to a PML-N member calling on the PPP to not “give lectures on democracy”. “If you do not want to give the PPP the right to speak on democracy, then will you give it to Gen Musharraf or Gen Zia, or the leaders created by them?” he quipped, referring to the two former military dictators. The PPP leader said he “did count the 1985 election”, alleging that PML-N supremo and ex-premier Nawaz Sharif “conspired” against ex-prime minister Mohammad Khan Junejo. He further claimed that his party “became a target of rigging” in the 1988 and 1990 elections, which resulted in the PML-N winning. He went o...

LAHORE: Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has begun meeting PML-N lawmakers on a regular basis to hear their concerns and address issues being faced by their constituents, apparently in an attempt to bridge a growing gap between the party’s legislators and the administrative machinery in the province. On Friday, PML-N MPAs from Bahawalnagar called on the CM and discussed the prevailing political situation, development projects in their constituencies and public issues. The meeting was part of a renewed effort by Ms Nawaz to engage with the party’s lawmakers more frequently. The PML-N legislators from Mandi Bahauddin had also met her over a week ago. CM’s ‘preference for bureaucracy’ has caused resentment among lawmakers The chief minister has been finding it difficult to regularly meet party lawmakers since assuming office in February 2024 because of her demanding schedule and extensive administrative engagements. However, the move to hold more frequent meetings comes against the backdrop of complaints among PML-N ...

Muzaffarabad - Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday lashed out at the coalition partner Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) stating that the party PML-N has a history of coming to power through electoral rigging.

PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari continued his tirade against the PML-N — an ally of his party in the Centre — on Wednesday, reiterating his allegations in the first phase of Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections and demanding re-polling. Addressing a PPP workers’ convention in Muzaffarabad, he called on the Election Commission to hold re-polling in Mirpur if “you are not involved in this rigging”. Directly taking a jibe at Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, he said: “If someone is sitting on the PM’s seat, or someone is sitting on the CM’s position today, even a child knows that it is not because of the people’s votes or your performance but because of Form-47.” Form-47 is the provisional consolidated statement of results of the vote count of all polling stations in a constituency, prepared by the returning officer (RO) concerned. The term has also been used mainly by the opposition PTI since the 2024 general elections in the country to allege rigging in the polls. Electio...

LAHORE - By assigning former Punjab chief minister Hamza Shahbaz Sharif the task of maintaining liaison with party MNAs and addressing their constituency-related issues, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has sought to bring one of its most experienced leaders back into active politics.

MIRPUR/ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) grabbed 9 out of the 13 constituencies of Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) Mirpur division in Monday’s elections, according to the unofficial and preliminary results from the first phase of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly elections.

PML-N outpaces PPP in Mirpur elections