Summary PML-N awarded tickets to seven candidates for AJK reserved seats as the party moves to consolidate its majority and form the new government.
MUZAFFARABAD (Dunya News) - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has awarded party tickets to seven candidates for eight reserved seats in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, accelerating the process of forming the new government and electing members on reserved seats.
The PML-N has nominated Maryam Zaman, Maryam Idrees, Seharish Qamar and Riffat Abid for women’s reserved seats.
Abdul Rehman has been nominated for the seat reserved for overseas Kashmiris, while Syed Iftikhar Ali Gilani has been awarded the ticket for the technocrat seat and Maulana Mazhar Saeed for the seat reserved for Ulema and Mashaikh.
PML-N supremo Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif had also interviewed the candidates for women’s reserved seats in Murree.
According to the Election Commission schedule, polling for the reserved seats will be held on August 24 at the AJK Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarabad. Candidates will submit their nomination papers on August 20, while the final list of candidates will be issued on August 23.
More to read: Polling for eight AJK assembly reserved seats set for August 24
In the recent AJK general elections, PML-N emerged as the largest parliamentary party by securing 25 of the 45 directly elected seats, while the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) secured 12 seats.
Following the reserved-seat elections, PML-N is expected to further strengthen its position in the Legislative Assembly.
If PML-N secures three women’s seats, one Ulema and Mashaikh seat, one technocrat seat and one seat reserved for overseas Kashmiris, its strength could reach 32 with the support of elected member Sajid Iqbal Abbasi.
The PPP, meanwhile, is expected to secure two women’s reserved seats, which would take its strength in the House to 14.
