According to unofficial results, PPP-AJK candidate Amir Abdul Ghaffar Lone won the election by bagging 2,165 votes against Saleem Butt of rival Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-AJK who got 875 votes. — Dawn/File
KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party-Azad Jammu and Kashmir (PPP-AJK) on Sunday night emerged victorious on an Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly seat, LA-40, reserved for refugees of occupied valley living in 24 districts of Sindh and Balochistan.
According to unofficial results, PPP-AJK candidate Amir Abdul Ghaffar Lone won the election by bagging 2,165 votes against Saleem Butt of rival Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-AJK who got 875 votes followed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Tahir Ali Wani (442).
Other candidates are Shabbir Ahmed Khan of the Pak Sarzameen Party-AJK (16 votes), Abdul Rehman Gasi of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (five), independent candidates Ghulam Muhammad (three) and Muhammad Bashir Khan (one).