MUZAFFARABAD: Three candidates of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) secured seats from the five reserved seats for women in the Azad Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, followed by Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) who managed to obtain one seat each as the elections.
Three women candidates of PTI were elected unopposed; Sabiha Siddique Chaudhry, Imtiaz Naseem and Taqdees Gilani from the PTI were among those elected unopposed.
After three reserved seats for women, the number of PTI members in the AJK Legislative Assembly has risen to 29, while the PPP and PML-N stand at 12 and 7 respectively.
Meanwhile, the polling on three special seats for technocrats, Ulema and Mashaikh (Muslim religious scholars) and overseas Kashmiris will be held on Monday (tomorrow).
On the other hand, the inaugural session of the newly elected Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly will be held on Tuesday, wherein the newly elected members of the house will take the oath of their office.
