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PML-N dominates second phase of AJK assembly elections, secures 14 of 19 seats
In the second round of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly elections, unofficial and provisional results have been declared for 19 constituencies, and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has emerged as the dominating party by winning 14 constituencies. The PML-N also won all the 10 Punjab-based refugee seats out of the 12 refugee constituencies. The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) bagged five constituencies.
Delay of constituency and voting procedure
The second phase of the elections was held in eight constituencies in Muzaffarabad Division and 12 refugee seats. But voting in LA-27 was delayed because election officials and polling materials were unable to get to polling sites owing to bad weather and landslides. As a result, voting at all 196 polling sites in the constituency was deferred.
Results of Muzaffarabad division
PML-N’s Shah Ghulam Qadir secured victory in LA-25 Neelum Valley-I with 18,925 votes, defeating PPP’s Mian Abdul Waheed who got 13,596 votes.
In LA-26 Neelum Valley-II, PPP’s Mian Abdul Waheed won with 17,466 votes, while Shah Ghulam Qadir of PML-N stood second with 15,494 votes.
PPP’s Sardar Mukhtar Ahmed Khan secured 19,792 votes in LA-29 whereas PML-N’s Syed Iftikhar Ali Gillani received 16,413 votes.
In LA-30 Muzaffarabad-IV, PML-N’s Mustafa Bashir Abbasi secured 18,082 votes against PPP’s Mubashir Munir Awan who secured 11,464 votes.
PML-N’s Saqib Majeed Raja won LA-31 Muzaffarabad-V by 24,000 votes, while PPP’s Chaudhry Latif Akbar got 17,000 votes and stood second.
LA-32 Muzaffarabad-VI was won by PML-N’s Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider with 21,156 votes while PPP’s Sahibzada Muhammad Ashfaq Zafar bagged 19,010 votes.
PPP’s Diwan Ali Khan Qamar Chughtai won LA-33 Muzaffarabad-VII with 25,469 votes while PML-N’s Mian Muhammad Rashid got 21,175 votes to come second.
Results for refugee constituencies
In LA-34 Jammu-I, PML-N’s Nasir Hussain Dar bagged 5,682 votes while independent contender Raja Riaz Ahmed got 2,124 votes.
In LA-35 Jammu-II, PML-N’s Chaudhry Muhammad Ismail beat independent Sardar Muhammad Ghayas by bagging 24,318 votes against his 5,965 votes.
LA-36 Jammu-III PML-N Muhammad Ahsan Raza 27,218 PPP Ahsan Ismail 12,980
In LA-37 Jammu-IV, PML-N’s Maryam Javed got 28,547 votes while her rival Usman Aleem of Pakistan Markazi Muslim League got 22,937 votes.
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PML-N’s Zeeshan Ali won LA-38 Jammu-V with 13,132 votes, beating Pakistan Muslim League’s Muhammad Akbar Chaudhry who polled 8,615 votes.
PML-N’s Raja Muhammad Siddique won the LA-39 Jammu-VI seat with 10,981 votes while PPP’s Chaudhry Fakhar Zaman got 5,081 votes.
Refugee places in Kashmir Valley
In LA-40 Kashmir Valley-I, PPP’s Amir Abdul Ghaffar got 2,914 votes while PML-N’s Muhammad Naeem Khan got 325 votes.
In LA-41 Kashmir Valley-II, PML-N’s Muhammad Amir Shah got 1,804 votes and independent candidate Saba Diwan secured 1,523 votes.
In LA-42 Kashmir Valley-III PML-N’s Syed Shaukat Ali Shah won 1,524 votes and PPP’s Muhammad Asim Sharif received 477 votes.
PML-N’s Muhammad Yasin Lone won LA-43 Kashmir Valley-IV with 1276 votes defeating PPP’s Javed Butt who got 663 votes.
In LA-44 Kashmir Valley-V, PML-N’s Muhammad Ahmed Raza Qadri won with 2,308 votes while Mehr-un-Nisa of All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference received 740 votes.
In LA-45 Kashmir Valley-VI, PPP candidate Abdul Majid Khan won with 3,448 votes while All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference’s Khawaja Muhammad Dilawar bagged 823 votes and stood second.
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The Punjab government has declared a local holiday in Lahore on August 4 and has issued an official notification for the closure of some government offices.
The announcement said that the district offices of Lahore and other government departments working in the jurisdiction of Deputy Commissioner will be closed on the declared day.
However, the vacation would not be applicable on Punjab Civil Secretariat and other provincial government offices, which will be functional as usual.
The decision only applies to the district level offices in Lahore and provincial institutions would continue to function normally.
Pakistani car maker MG JW Automobile inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bangladeshi conglomerate RANCON Group this week to export Pakistani cars to Bangladesh as both nations look to boost business-to-business (B2B) connections.
RANCON is a large corporate organization in Bangladesh and they are working in several sectors like vehicles, real estate and electronics. Under the deal, MG JW Automobile will sell 100 vehicles to Bangladesh during the current year while total shipments are expected to exceed 5,800 vehicles during the next four years, the Pakistan High Commission in Bangladesh announced on Friday.
“The deal is expected to benefit Bangladesh by increasing the availability of vehicles in the Bangladesh market, healthy competition and the consumers will get more choices at competitive prices,” the High Commission stated.
“The agreement will also lead to closer economic cooperation between Pakistan and Bangladesh and promote more business-to-business cooperation,” said the high commission.
Haroon Akhtar Khan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Industries and Production, praised the deal. He said he was confident such collaborations will improve trade and economic relations between the two countries and provide avenues for cooperation between the corporate sectors of the two countries.
Pakistan’s stock market started the new trading week on a positive note as the benchmark KSE-100 Index jumped over 2,700 points in early trade on Monday after US President Donald Trump announced that he had begun talks with Iran.
The bull run took the KSE-100 Index to 178,985 points, signifying restored investor confidence and broad-based buying in the market.
The rally came after the index finished at 176,094 points at the end of the previous trading session.
Market watchers said the high gains were fueled by a better mood among global investors after the announcement of US-Iran talks helped to quell fears over regional tensions and increase optimism in financial markets.
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