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Monday, July 25, 2011
PPP clinches six out of eight AJK Assembly reserved seats
* Strength of PPP rises to 29 in the House of 49
* PML-N and Muslim Conference win one seat each
MUZAFARABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK), on Sunday, won six out of eight reserved seats in the elections for AJK’s Legislative Assembly, raising its strength to 29 in the House of 49.
Elections for the reserved seats were held at the assembly building.
PPP secured six seats, three for women and one each for ulema mashaikh (religious scholars), technocrats and overseas Kashmiris, while Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Muslim Conference won one woman seat each.
Those who were elected on five reserved seats for women included PPP’s Shazia Akbar, Sadaf Sheikh and Shaheen Dar, Fauzia Ashraf of PML-N and Meher-u-Nisa of Muslim Conference, whose victory was facilitated by two votes of PPP.
Sardar Abid Hussain Abid, Pir Attiqur Rehman and Raja Wajid of PPP were elected on the seats of technocrats, ulema mashaikh and overseas Kashmiris respectively with the majority vote of 25.
All the newly elected members of the legislative assembly, including those elected on reserved seats, will take oath on Monday when the assembly will meet at 10 am.
Soon after oath taking, the speaker and the deputy speaker will be elected.
Election for the prime minister will be held on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, on Sunday, felicitated the PPP candidates on winning the six out of eight reserved seats in the elections for AJK’s Legislative Assembly.
The prime minister, in his message, said victory of candidates of PPP by majority in the elections was a manifestation of the confidence reposed by people in policies of the party.
He hoped that the newly elected members of AJK’s Legislative Assembly would serve the people by discharging the entrusted responsibilities with devotion and national spirit. app
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk