ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa President Engineer Amir Muqam has rejected the Pakistan Peoples Party's allegations of election rigging, saying the prime minister, government and entire administration in Azad Kashmir are under the PPP's control.
Amir Muqam said the PPP leadership and its ministers were making statements without due consideration, adding that accusing the PML-N of rigging before vote counting had even begun was "ridiculous."
Referring to the fatal incident in Fatehpur Takyal, he described it as deeply tragic and said a PML-N worker was also injured in Saturday's violence.
He recalled that during the election campaign, senior PML-N worker and local leader Malik Ashiq Hussain was killed in a firing incident in Fatehpur Takyal.
The federal minister urged political parties to refrain from making premature allegations, saying it was regrettable to issue such statements before the completion of the vote count.
Amir Muqam said PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif, along with himself and other party leaders, had presented the party's previous development record and future plans to voters during the election campaign.
He added that the PML-N had a strong and hardworking team, and criticised the PPP for launching allegations before the counting process despite, according to him, having access to all government resources in Azad Kashmir.