PPP-AJK urges election commission to withdraw polling schedule for 12 refugee seats amid unrest

ISLAMABAD: PPP’s Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) chapter on Sunday urged the region’s election commission to immediately withdraw the election schedule for 12 refugee seats, stressing the need for dialogue to defuse the ongoing crisis. The call comes ahead of the July 27 elections in AJK amid widespread protests by the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) over their demand to abolish 12 seats in the region’s Legislative Assembly that are reserved for refugees from Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmi...

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