Daily Times
July 27, 2021
PTI AJK President Barrister Sultan Mahmood and billionaire real estate tycoon Sardar Tanveer Ilyas are in the race to get the coveted post of prime minister as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) clinched majority by securing 25 out of 44 seats in the AJK elections.
Barrister Mahmood has won the AJK Legislative Assembly seat from his parent Mirpur LA-3 constituency by defeating his nearest rival Ch Muhammad Saeed of PML-N by 3,147 votes, while Sardar Tanveer emerged victorious from his Bagh constituency.
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) obtained 11 seats and Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) got only six seats in AJK elections. Two seats, one each, were grabbed by regional parties Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party (JK-PP) and Muslim Conference (MC).
July 27, 2021
The biggest surprise of Azad and Jammu Kashmir elections was not the comfortable victory of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf but by getting a simple majority with 25 seats, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf set the tone for the future political scenario. As per the past tradition the ruling party in Islamabad also wins polls in AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan.
The surprise package was the PML-N’s near ‘whitewash’, which caused the upset. Though PMLN chief campaigner Maryam Nawaz has rejected the result, it would be interesting to see the party’s future line of action. The PML-N came third behind the Pakistan People’s Party, which bagged 11 seats and will have its leader of the opposition against the PMLN.
PTI grabs 25 seats to form govt in AJK
July 27, 2021
MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaaf (PTI) has clinched majority by securing 25 seats out of 44 to form government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) followed by PPP which obtained 11 seats and PML-N 8 seats In Legislative Assembly while two seats, one grabbed by Jammu Kashmir People’s Party (JK-PP) and other by Muslim Conference (MC).
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Retired Abdul Rasheed Sulehria announced party position while addressing a press conference here Monday at the central control room. CEC said that results of 44 seats out of 45 were announced by the Commission as provided by the Returning Officers (ROs) concerned while result on one seat, LA-16 BaghIII, was upheld by the Commission on a report by the concerned RO that polling on 4 polling stations was not conducted due to clashes between rival groups. Sulehria, while expressing satisfaction over the fairness of the polling process, revealed that the t
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PTI won 10 seats, leading in 15 constituencies in PoK polls
ANI
26 Jul 2021, 06:27 GMT+10
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 26 (ANI): Unofficial results show that Imran Khan s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has won ten seats and leading in 15 constituencies in Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir elections, Ary News has reported.
According to media reports, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Muslim Conference and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have so far won one seat each in Legislative Assembly elections in PoK.
The counting of votes is still underway for elections which concluded on Sunday at 5 pm. Several incidents of poll-related violence were reported throughout the day for the hotly contested 45 seats.