Government & Politics

Polling for three reserved seats of AJKLA underway

Polling for three reserved seats of Ulema-o-Mashaikh, technocrats and overseas Kashmiris of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (AJKLA) is underway.

The polling will continue till 2:00 pm without any break.

Election Commission has declared AJK Legislative Assembly hall as a polling station.

A total of nine candidates are contesting on these three reserved seats.

Earlier, KausarTaqdees Gillani, Imtiyaz Naseem, and Sabeeha Sadique Chaudry of PTI, Nebela Ayoub Khan of PPP, and Nisaran Abbasi of PML-N were declared unopposed against five Women reserved seats.

Meanwhile, Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly will meet in Muzaffarabad tomorrow at 10:00 am.

The newly elected members of the Legislative Assembly will take oath during the session.

The oath-taking will be followed by elections for offices of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

Election for the leader of the house will take place the next day.

 

Source: Radio Pakistan