Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has on Sunday said that today Kashmiris, in all constituencies, will support Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision for Naya Kashmir.
In a tweet on Sunday, Chaudhry said the 2021 elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) give hope to the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) in materializing their dreams.
He said the day will hope to come that people of the whole of Kashmir will freely express their views and form a government with their representatives.
آزاد کشمیر میں انتخابات مقبوضہ کشمیر کے لوگوں کے خوابوں کو جلاء بخشتے ہیں، ایک دن پورے کشمیر کے لوگ اسی آزادی سے اپنی رائے کا اظہار کریں گے اور اپنے نمائندوں پر مشتمل حکومت بنائیں گے ، ،،،، آج کا انتخاب عمران خان کے نئے کشمیر کے نام انشاللہ #AJKElections2021 #AJKElectsPTI
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) July 25, 2021
AJK Elections 2021 Polling Underway
The residents of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) have gone to the polls today to elect new members of the region’s Legislative Assembly.
AJK has a total of 32,50,117 registered voters, including 17,8,800 male and 14,68,317 female.
There are 33 electoral constituencies in the ten districts of AJK. While 12 constituencies are kept for Pakistan-based Jammu & Kashmir refugees. Polling stands in all the provinces have been set up for the refugees.
A total of 691 candidates, including 381 belonging to a total of 32 registered political parties and a total of 310 independent candidates, are in the run to win the election for 45 seats.
In Azad Kashmir, 587 candidates are contesting in 33 constituencies while 121 candidates are contesting in 12 constituencies.
A total of 24 women candidates are contesting the elections. PML-N and PTI fielded two women candidates each while the Muslim Conference fielded one woman.
A total of about 43,500 personnel of Azad Kashmir Police, Civil Armed Forces and Army from other provinces will be deployed to maintain law and order in Azad Kashmir elections while the deployment of the Army will be under Quick Reaction Force.
On the other hand, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz claimed on Sunday that the PTI will emerge victorious in the AJK polls.
Shibli Faraz said that the “tried and tested” PML-N and PPP have failed and PTI will “carry the day”.
PMĹ &PPP tried& tested, failed.PTI to carry the day inshallah #بلے_پہ_ٹھپہ
— Senator Shibli Faraz (@shiblifaraz) July 25, 2021