PPP emerges as largest opposition party in AJK: Bilawal
PPP bagged 11 seats in AJK Elections
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday said that his party has emerged as largest opposition party in Azad Kashmir despite irregularities.
Bilawal Bhutto, in a tweet, said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) resorted to violence and rigging in the elections and Election Commission failed to take action against PTI for violating electoral rules.
Bilawal also lauded PPP Azad Kashmir team and said that he is incredibly proud of them for putting up a good fight and securing 3 more seats from last time.
It merits mention that PTI has emerged as single largest party in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (AJKLA) elections by grabbing 25 seats.
PPP bagged 11 seats and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) secured 6 seats. Muslim Conference (MC) and Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party (JK PP) grabbed one seat each. The result of LA 16 – Bagh III constituency has not been announced yet.
A total of 587 candidates were contesting the elections in 33 constituencies of Azad Kashmir districts and 121 candidates on 12 constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir refugees settled in Pakistan.
