PPP Releases First List of Candidates for AJK Assembly Elections

With the release of its candidate list, PPP announced its final candidates for constituencies across AJK and for the reserved seats allocated to Kashmiri refugees living across Pakistan.

Some of the party’s key nominees include Asfar Shahid from LA-1 Mirpur-I, Qasim Majeed from LA-2 Mirpur-II (Chakswari), Yasser Sultan from LA-3 Mirpur-III, and Chaudhry Sohaib Arshad from LA-4 Khari Sharif.

The party has nominated former AJK prime minister Chaudhry Yasin for LA-10 Kotli-III and LA-12 Charhoi, while Chaudhry Parvez Ashraf has been named the party’s candidate for LA-5 Bhimber-I (Barnala).

Other prominent candidates include Malik Zafar from LA-8 Kotli-I, Javed Iqbal Bhadhanvi from LA-9 Kotli-II, Chaudhry Akhlaq from LA-11 Sehnsa, Sardar Qamar Zaman from LA-16 Bagh-III, and Faisal Mumtaz Rathore from LA-17 Havelian.

The PPP has also fielded Sardar Amjad Yousaf from LA-18 Sudhnoti-Poonch-I, Sardar Saud Sadiq from LA-19 Hajira, Sardar Yaqoob from LA-20 Khai Gala, and Sardar Muhammad Abid Khan from LA-21 Rawalakot City.

The party has also declared its nominees for constituencies in Muzaffarabad and Neelum, including Mian Abdul Waheed for LA-26 Lower Neelum, Sardar Javed Ayub for LA-27 Katha, Syed Bazil Naqvi for LA-28 Muzaffarabad, Sardar Mukhtar Ahmed Khan for LA-29 Muzaffarabad City, Mubashir Munir Awan for LA-30 Hattian Dupatta, and Ashfaq Zafar for LA-32 Chikar.

The PPP has fielded the following candidates for the refugee constituencies, Chaudhry Asif Gujjar from LA-35 Gujranwala, Chaudhry Ahsan Ismail Gujjar from LA-36 Sialkot, Shaheen Kausar Dar from LA-37 Narowal-Shakargarh, Raja Shahid Iqbal Advocate from LA-38 Gujrat-Wazirabad, Chaudhry Fakhar Zaman from LA-39 Jhelum-Rawalpindi-Attock, Aamir Abdul Ghaffar Lone from LA-40 Karachi, Ghulam Abbas Mir from LA-41 Lahore, Javed Butt from LA-43 Rawalpindi, Muhammad Rashid Islam Butt from LA-44 Rawalpindi-Islamabad-Attock, and Abdul Majeed Khan from LA-45 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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