Opp MNAs question transparency in AJK polls July 14, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The opposition members in the National Assembly Tuesday raised questions over fairness and transparency in the upcoming Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections, while alleging direct intervention in the process by the federal government. Speaking on a point of order, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) parliamentarian Khurram Dastgir Khan asked the prime minister and his cabinet members to refrain from interfering in the AJK election to give a message to the international community that Pakistan ensures protection of democratic rights of the Kashmiri people. “In recognition of sacrifices of over 100,000 Kashmiris, we must give democratic rights to the people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir by holding fair and free elections,” he said. But to the contrary, Khurram Dastgir alleged, a federal minister had been distributing money and promising more to candidates on winning elections. “There are also videos showing ministers giving money to candidates and people,” he said. The PMLN member said he was raising the issue on July 13 which is observed as Youm-e-Shuhada-e-Kashmir. “This is also a matter of Pakistan’s Kashmir case, which the PTI government has lost,” he said. He pointed out that the Indian prime minister is talking about delimitation of constituencies in the Occupied Kashmir while ministers of the PTI government are offering money during the election campaign in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. “Then what difference is left between actions of the two sides,” he questioned.