The two factors that alter the course of elections in Pakistan-administered Kashmir are 12 refugee seats and preventing pro-independence parties from contesting the polls
Prime Minister Imran Khan's political party is all set to form the next government in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, locally called Azad Jammu & Kashmir .
The PTI has secured at least 25 out of the assembly’s 45 general seats, while the PPP and the PML-N have won 10 and 6 seats respectively. Two state-based parties -All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference and Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party also managed to secure one seat each, according to unofficial results.
The main purpose to allocate the seats was to provide representation to the refugees--who migrated from Indian-administrated Kashmir during 1947 and 1965 and on other occasions -- in the AJK state assembly. Also, under the new law, a candidate, while submitting nomination papers during the polls, is required to sign an affidavit acknowledging that he or she favours “Pakistan’s ideology, the ideology of annexation of disputed Kashmir region with Pakistan and the integrity and sovereignty of Pakistan.”
However, JKLF and other pro-independence groups are not registered with the region’s election commission. AJKMC is traditionally known as Muslim Conference, the oldest and important political party at the state level. Formed in 1931, Sheikh Abdullah was its first president. But in 1939, the party split into two parts. Ghulam Abbas became the president of the MC while Sheikh Abdullah became the president of the National Conference.
The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation League , another state-based party, was formed in 1962 by a dissent. AJKMC leader K.H. Khurshid became the first elected AJK’s President, having defeated AJKMCs Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan in the presidential election in 1961. A section of AJK political circles criticizes Bhutto for his move for allowing Pakistan’s parties in AJK politics, terming it weakening the case of Kashmir cause.
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