Just four days before elections of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is holding three large public meetings in the region, firing up the momentum of the election campaign.
In this context, PTI Chief Imran Khan will address three large public meetings in the region today. According to the media, the rallies will be held in Charhoi (Kotli), Sehnsa (Kotli) and Islamgarh where Imran Khan will address the public.
As many as 427 candidates of different political parties and the independent ones are in the run for the upcoming elections scheduled for July 21.
According to the final list issued by the AJK Election Commission, 328 contestants will contest from 29 constituencies of AJK’s nine districts while 99 will be competing from 12 constituencies of Kashmiri refugees, spreading over four provinces of Pakistan.
The highest number of candidates in the run is from AJK’s capital Muzaffarabad where 67 candidates are in the run for the six constituencies, which have a total of 429,276 votes, including 191,112 female votes.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) Azad Kashmir President Raja Farooq Haider is contesting from LA-28, Muzaffarabad-V, where 12 other candidates are also on the run.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Azad Kashmir President Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry is on the run from LA-3, Mirpur-II, where seven candidates are contesting.