Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) is all set to form the next government in Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PaK) as the unofficial results suggest that the party was heading to an absolute majority in the elections held on Thursday.
Out of 41 seats for which elections were held, PML (N) is set to register its victory over at least 30 seats. PML (N) headed by Raja Farooq Haider was poised to get simple majority but the landslide victory has surprised even the poll watchers.
Besides the PML (N) president Raja Farooq Haider of the PML-N, Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan of the Muslim Conference (MC) and Sardar Khalid Ibrahim of the Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party (JKPP) managed to secure their seats. PTI president Barrister Sultan Mahmood was said to be losing at the hands of PML-N candidate Chaudhry Mohammad Saeed, while PPP president Chaudhry Abdul Majeed had a small lead over his rival.
Raja Farooq Haider is a strong advocate of complete autonomy to the region and was ousted last time only after nine months as he started asserting towards that direction. Officially known as “Azad Kashmir”, this part of Kashmir has hardly seen an assertive government in the past.
