Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Sunday that India was very upset on certain victory of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections.
In today’s elections, the Kashmiris have overwhelmingly voted for the PTI candidates and with the gace of Allah it will form the government, he said talking to media persons in Pind Dadan Khan.
He said that Indian media had strongly opposed Imran Khan’s government regarding Kashmir. Formation of Imran Khan’s government in Azad Kashmir would be a great shock to India, he added.
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He said that Pind Dadan Khan was the stronghold of PTI. He also thanked the people for voting for the PTI candidate.
Congratulating the people of Kashmir, the minister said that free and fair election process within Pakistan gave hope to the people of Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that time would open when the people of IIOJK would also cast their votes in free and fair election process.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan tells a rally for local legislative elections in AJK that the people of Kashmir will be offered two referendums – first for seeking independence from India and becoming part of Pakistan – and after that a referendum giving them the independence option
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Fawad said that the election process in Pakistan and Kashmir as a whole was peaceful. He said that unfortunately a PTI worker was martyred during an incident. He said that the PPP workers had attacked the PTI activists at several places during the polling.
Fawad said that the turnout of more than 50 per cent was a positive development.
According to the unconfirmed and unofficial results by the Election Commission of the AJK, the PTI won 24 seats, while its arch-rival and the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) managed to get only 6 seats.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) emerged as the second-largest party winning 11 seats.
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All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference and Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party got one seat each.
Courtesy: APP