PM Imran Khan has felicitated PTI candidates for their performance while expressing gratitude to the people of Kashmir for their overwhelming support in AJK Elections.
PM Imran Khan took to social media to ‘congratulate’ PTI candidates and thanked the Kashmiri people for their support to PTI in AJK Legislative Assembly elections.
“I want to thank the people of AJK for placing their trust in PTI through their votes which resulted in PTI’s electoral victory,” tweeted PM Imran Khan.
The premier reaffirmed that PTI government will focus on bringing the people out of poverty through our Ehsaas and Kamyab Pakistan programmes and establish accountability and transparency.
Furthermore, the prime minister congratulated PTI’s successful candidate and reiterated his commitment to continue raising voice for Kashmir.
As ambassador for Kashmir I will continue to raise my voice on all international forums including UN to ensure the international community fulfills its commitment of self-determination to the Kashmiri people through a UN-sponsored plebiscite, he said.
It is pertinent to know that according to unofficial results, PTI won 25 out of the total 25 seats, essentially securing simple majority in AJK Legislative Assembly in Elections held on Sunday a day earlier. PPP has emerged as the leading opposition party with 11 seats, whereas PML-N managed to win six seats.
Both the Jammu and Kashmir People’s Party (JKPP) and the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (AJKMC) have also won one seat each.
A total of 587 candidates contested the elections in 33 constituencies of Azad Kashmir districts and 121 candidates on 12 constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir refugees settled in Pakistan.
The voter turn-out was recorded at 58% as compared to the turnout of the 2016 election, which was 65%.
