JI links Karachi woes to poor governance, announces protests against petroleum levy next week

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi chief Monem Zafar Khan on Friday blamed poor governance, rising inflation and administrative failures for the city's worsening conditions, demanding the abolition of the petroleum levy and announcing nationwide protests against the tax next week. Addressing a press conference at Johar Park in Delhi Mercantile Society, Khan said citizens had been denied any relief despite a decline in international oil prices. "The petroleum levy is nothing but an extortion tax. It must be abolished, and petrol prices should be reduced," he said. He said JI chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman had called for countrywide protests on August 7 against the levy, adding that demonstrations would also be held across Karachi. As part of the campaign, the party's women's wing will organise a march on Shahrah-e-Quaideen on August 3 afternoon, where Rehman is scheduled to address participants. Read: JI Chief mocks Maryam-Bilawal exchanges as 'political theatre' Khan also criticised the Pakistan Peoples Party, accusing it of failing to provide basic civic facilities and maintain law and order in Karachi. Commenting on the interior minister's remarks about the country's deterioration and the failure of the system, Khan said the system had effectively collapsed when the mandate of Karachi's residents was “stolen”. He said the PPP had ruined Karachi, adding “corruption and incompetence are synonymous with the party”. The JI Karachi chief said corruption and misgovernance had left residents without essential services, while incidents of kidnapping, murder, robbery and street crimes were common. Citing official figures, he claimed that around 40,000 street crime cases had been reported during the first six months of the year. During the speech, the JI leader also announced the launch of the party's annual Green Karachi tree plantation campaign. He said the party's nine town administrations had restored 278 parks over the past three years and introduced the concept of urban forests. This year, each JI-led town would establish another urban forest and install water harvesting systems. Read more: Climate change and public health Stressing the importance of green cover, Khan urged the citizens to not only plant trees but also to look after them. Warning about the impact of climate change, Khan said extreme weather events were becoming increasingly common across the world, causing thousands of deaths. Recalling 2015 and 2016 heatwaves in the city, he said the extreme weather took the lives of thousands of people, and therefore there is an urgent need to prevent such a tragedy in the future. امیر جماعت اسلامی کراچی منعم ظفر خان آو اپنا کراچی سر سبز بنائیں ۔۔ شجر کاری مہم کے سلسلے میں پریس کانفرنس سے خطاب کررہے ہیں جبکہ اس موقع پر اپوزیشن لیڈر کے ایم سی سیف الدین ایڈوکیٹ ، گلشن ٹاؤن کے چیئرمین ڈاکٹر فواد احمد جناح ٹاؤن کے چیئرمین رضوان عبدالسمیع اور جماعت اسلامی حلقہ… pic.twitter.com/e2jKBdfCiK — Jamaat e Islami Karachi (@KarachiJamaat) July 31, 2026 “Government incompetence and corruption have turned Karachi into a concrete jungle.” The JI leader alleged, “8-storey structures are being erected on plots measuring only 60 square yards.” He further said unchecked multi-storey construction and large-scale tree cutting for infrastructure projects, including the Red Line and Green Line bus corridors, were responsible for the urban dilemma. Also Read: JI rejects daily fuel price mechanism He claimed the city currently had only around two per cent green cover despite requiring between 25 and 30 per cent to meet environmental needs. Quoting international standards, he said there should be one tree for every seven people and urged residents to plant and protect trees. "Our resolve is to make Karachi green and prosperous, and despite limited resources and restricted powers, we will continue our journey of development and public service," he concluded. A day earlier, Rehman had described the recent exchange of allegations between Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz and PPP Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari as "political theatre", saying both parties were exposing each other over the issues of Form 47. He was addressing a press conference at the JI headquarters in Lahore’s Mansoora when he raised concerns about the legitimacy of elections recently held in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, as well as those held in the past across Pakistan. Rehman had also called on the people to participate in nationwide protests against inflation and bad governance planned on August 7 while hinting at the government to engage in dialogue with him to resolve outstanding issues.

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Viral Kashmir visuals. One media blackout: what an investigation found

The situation in Azad Jammu and Kashmir created an environment ripe for mis- and disinformation to spread freely from all sides, with old or doctored visuals or allegations against each other. Conditions such as the suspension of connectivity and curbs on reporting access created significant challenges for fact-checking efforts at times when it was most urgently needed to dispel falsehood and misleading information. iVerify Pakistan investigated two narratives about visuals from the recent violence and found that the truth is not always what everyone is saying it to be, yet conclusively determining it is not always possible. An image said to be AI-generated was found to be apparently real, while a video being used as evidence of a “staged” stunt does not appear to be the case. On July 28, just a few hours after polling in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) kicked off, a video began doing the rounds on social media, particularly X. The clip shows bloodied bodies lying in the middle of a road in the Mirpur district. “Exposed,” read the caption of the post, shared by an X user whose account features pro-state content. “They were just lying down with red liquids thrown over them for a photo session. When the police neared and kicked, they got up. Fraud unveiled,” it added. The video quickly crossed 100,000 views, with shares multiplying by the thousands every hour. Several fact-checking accounts that are considered to be aligned with the state’s narrative also shared the clip with similar captions. Most of them alleged the clip was staged. At the same time, an image, said to be showing the same incident, also began circulating on X, with the claim that the visual was AI-generated. The accounts sharing it alleged that the image was being spread to portray a false picture of the situation in AJK. When iVerify Pakistan was alerted to the video and the image, both were already being contested from multiple directions, accused of being staged, AI-generated, or both, largely by accounts aligned with the state’s narrative. Untangling that took two separate lines of inquiry. On the image, the trail led backwards. Several fact-checking accounts had pointed to visual distortions — blurred objects, odd number plates — as proof the photo was AI-generated. But a search turned up an earlier, blurrier version of the same image, circulating nearly half an hour before the viral one, shared by several users, including PTI’s official account and its chapters such as PTI Faisalabad, PTI Mardan and PTI West Punjab. Running that older image through a set of AI-detection tools returned no indication it was synthetic, and a check for Google’s SynthID watermark came back clean. When iVerify ran the older image through an AI enhancement tool, the output matched the sharper, more “suspicious” version that had gone viral — down to the same distorted details fact-checkers had cited as proof of fabrication. In other words, the image wasn’t AI-generated evidence of a staged protest; it was a real photo that had likely been run through an enhancement tool, which introduced its own artefacts along the way. The video, meanwhile, took a different route. A keyword search surfaced the same clip published by BBC Urdu on July 29, described as clashes in Rawalakot and Mirpur amid “conflicting claims regarding casualties”.         View this post on Instagram                       A reverse image search then turned up a clearer version of the same moment, along with footage of the same incident from other angles. None of it showed what the “fraud unveiled” caption described: no one stood up and ran off when police approached. Instead, officers could be seen dragging two people toward a police vehicle, both visibly limping and unable to walk unassisted. Other angles picked up the sound of gunshots and people fleeing in panic, with one clip showing a police vehicle positioned in the direction the crowd was running from. Taken together, the visual evidence points away from the “staged” narrative that crossed 100,000 views. میرپور نہتی عوام پر سیدھی گولیاں pic.twitter.com/Xx8MsHvMgj — The Power Of PTI (@ThePowerOfPTI) July 28, 2026 میرپور میں پرامن مارچ پر فورسز کا کریک ڈاؤن کشمیریوں کی لاشیں اور جھنڈے سڑکوں پر پڑے ہوئے ہیں 😭 pic.twitter.com/Ib2o0EW9om — AtharIshtiaq (@AtharSb12) July 28, 2026 آزاد کشمیر میں پاکستان سے آئے ہوئے پنجابی دہشت گردوں نے آج پھر قتلِ عام کیا۔ میرپور میں سڑکوں پر درجنوں لاشیں بکھری پڑی ہوئی ہیں۔ کشمیر کا پاکستان کے ساتھ رشتہ اب ہمیشہ کے لیے ختم ہو گیا ہے۔ pic.twitter.com/stuh5DdmWw — Pakistan Walli (@pakistanwalli) July 28, 2026 None of this amounts to a full account of what happened in Mirpur that day because restablishing whether the visuals actually show what was claimed requires something forensics alone can’t provide: confirmation from someone who was there. At iVerify, a key element of the investigation that goes into any and every fact-check involves confirmations, testimonies, and on-the-ground reportage, especially in times of conflict. This time, though, the team was unable to reach a single source inside Mirpur to confirm the authenticity of the video and the claim. Two days later, we are still struggling to get hold of any information at all. This footage shows armed men in civilian clothing moving alongside security forces. The presence of armed civilians operating alongside security personnel raises serious questions about their identity, role, and the circumstances surrounding their deployment. We call on the… pic.twitter.com/BMiIt95izb — JKJAAC (@JKJAAC_) July 29, 2026 For over a month, it has been challenging to reach locals or correspondents in the region; WhatsApp messages to correspondents are on a single tick, and calls are barely getting through. As it votes in its most “contested” election in years, AJK has also been cut off from the outside world — a combination that has turned fact-checking from a routine editorial task into something closer to a rescue mission. The government has not addressed the allegations or reports of casualties at substantive length as well, while it accuses the JAAC of instigating the violence and harming security personnel. The Mirpur video is one of several claims iVerify Pakistan has been unable to verify since polling began — each testing the limits of what fact-checking can do when a region goes dark. Another example is videos appearing to show civilians in AJK opening fire on police. Some claimed they showed members of the now-proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee — a socio-political coalition at odds with the government since before the elections. Meanwhile, others alleged the men opening fire were security personnel dressed to look like ordinary citizens. بلیک میل ایکشن کمیٹی کے دہشت گرد دیکھ لیں جو پولیس پر فائرنگ کر رہے ہیں اسکے جواب میں پولیس فائرنگ نا کرے تو کیا انکا پھولوں کے ہار پہنائے ؟ pic.twitter.com/8ELxIi45n1 — Muzamil (@muzamil_45) July 29, 2026 کشمیر کی یہ وڈیو دیکھیں ان سول کپڑوں میں لوگوں کو پولیس والے بندوقیں ہتھیار دیتے ہیں عوام میں شامل کر کے پھر میڈیا والوں کو وڈیوز بھجتے ہیں کہ دیکھو یہ شرپسند عوامی ایکشن کمیٹی والے ہیں یہی انہوں نے نو مئی کو پی ٹی آئی کے ساتھ کیا تھا اب کشمیر میں یہی گندہ کھیل کھیل رہے ہیں pic.twitter.com/M2ULmT0xHu — Erum Jaffri (@ErumJavaid) July 29, 2026 Both claims rest entirely on interpreting the same footage, and neither can be tested without someone on the ground to say who the men in the videos actually were. The claim remains unverified, not because iVerify hasn’t tried, but because the tools of open-source verification run out exactly where testimony would need to begin. Fortunately, not every claim iVerify has encountered since polling began has run into the same wall. Some have been resolvable without a single call to the ground, serving as a reminder that the blackout, as severe as it is, hasn’t stopped fact-checking entirely; rather, it has just narrowed what kind of fact-checking is still possible. An image circulating widely on X claimed to show a large number of bullet casings recovered after security forces opened fire on peaceful protesters in Rawalakot. We did not require a source in the district to take it apart. A closer inspection of the clip revealed that several of the people in the frame had anatomically implausible hands — missing or extra fingers, unnatural shapes — and one face appeared partially melted, a distortion common in AI-generated crowd scenes. The bullet casings themselves were oddly oversized and inconsistent in scale relative to the people around them, more like props than spent shells from small-arms fire. Taken together, the artefacts were consistent enough with AI generation that the image could be assessed on forensic grounds alone, without anyone on the ground to vouch for it. Similarly, a video claiming to show Punjab Police firing on citizens in Kashmir followed a similar pattern, though by a different route. It wasn’t new: iVerify had already fact-checked the same clip once before, tracing it back to a police clash with protesters near the US consulate in Karachi in March 2026. Its reappearance now, recontextualised as footage from Rawalakot, showed that old material can be recirculated to fit a new crisis, and that a claim debunked once doesn’t stay debunked in the timeline. Given the nature of the unrest, this information isn’t just circulating — it’s actively feeding a divisive narrative on either side of an already polarised online discourse. In such a climate, there is no shortage of actors with a reason to keep the information war going, and every unresolved claim becomes fuel for both. Verification, in this environment, isn’t a formality; it’s the only thing standing between a claim and its unchecked spread. But as these cases show, it is also becoming harder to do at exactly the moment it matters most, with the ground truth cut off by a blackout. Until that access is restored, the responsibility shifts to the people encountering this content before anyone else does. If a claim’s authentication is dubious — if it cannot be traced, confirmed, or corroborated — it should not be shared. This explainer was originally published by iVerify Pakistan — a project of CEJ-IBA and UNDP.  

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PML-N, PPP at breaking point?

With the trading of barbs between the two allies in the federal government becoming increasingly intense, political pundits believe the PPP and the PML-N are dangerously close to a point of no return, as the gravity of the allegations they have hurled at each other could leave them with little moral justification to continue the alliance, even if both sides wished to do so. The leaderships of both the PPP and the PML-N need to step in forthwith and agree on some code of ethics, said senior analyst Mujeebur Rehman Shami. He said the ever-growing bitterness in their statements would make reconciliation increasingly difficult between the PML-N and the PPP. In theory, this storm would settle after the Kashmir elections, but given the nature of the allegations, both sides would have no moral justification to continue the alliance, especially if the trading of barbs continued with the same intensity. This time, however, the PML-N has adopted a more cautious approach from the outset by keeping its criticism largely reactionary, while also advising its allies to remain civil, reflecting the same pattern as before. However, what analysts question is how both sides, after accusing each other of stealing mandates and being massively corrupt, can later sit together under the pretext of a larger national interest. Shami further said that the PPP is trying to cash in on the PTI's misfortune in AJK by appealing to its supporters to vote for the PPP. "If the PPP and Bilawal had any concerns, he should have raised his voice when PTI was being pushed out of the electoral arena in Kashmir. After all, the AJK chapter of PTI is different from the rest of the party in Pakistan." He said this opportunism was not going to gain any traction in AJK. "The guns will fall silent as soon as the dust settles on the Kashmir elections," former caretaker Punjab chief minister and senior analyst Hasan Askari said. "But under what justification will they continue with this alliance is beyond my comprehension. Somebody who steals elections should not be allowed to rule the country. So how can both parties bury these recent allegations and move on, as they have done with all the dirt they hurled at each other in the past?" He said the on-again, off-again rivalry was more akin to shadow boxing, but that this time both parties had gone too far. A PPP leader, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the party was likely to de-escalate immediately after the Kashmir elections. He said that since policy decisions were made at the very top, there was little that middle-tier leaders could do about them. He said walking on both sides of the aisle was not going to win the party any swing votes in Punjab, even in future elections.

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SC upholds strict limitation law

The Supreme Court has held that a party guilty of unnecessary delay, negligence and abuse of the judicial process is not entitled to equitable relief, observing that the law of limitation is not a mere technicality but a substantive legal framework designed to ensure timely and final resolution of disputes. A three-member bench comprising Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Musarrat Hilali issued the unanimous judgment, authored by Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan, dismissing Civil Appeal No. 2555 of 2016 while upholding the concurrent judgments of the Lahore High Court and the subordinate courts. The court held that the appellants had failed to file their appeal within the prescribed limitation period and were unable to provide any satisfactory explanation for the delay. It observed that an applicant seeking condonation of delay must furnish a reasonable, convincing and bona fide explanation for each day of delay; otherwise, the court cannot interfere with rights that have accrued upon the expiry of the statutory limitation period. The judgment noted that the record showed the appellants had been granted several opportunities but failed to pursue the case diligently and, through their own negligence, lost the opportunity to seek legal redress. The Supreme Court further observed that although courts generally prefer to decide cases on their merits, a thorough examination of the record in the present matter revealed no evidence that the impugned order had been obtained through fraud or any unlawful means. It held that the findings of the subordinate courts were fully supported by the evidence and the law, leaving no justification for interference. Terming the appellants' conduct an abuse of the judicial process, the court imposed costs of Rs200,000, directing that the amount be paid within 30 days, failing which it would be recovered as arrears of land revenue in accordance with the law.

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4 terrorists killed, two explosives-laden vehicles destroyed in Khuzdar IBO: ISPR

Security forces on Thursday neutralised four terrorists and destroyed two explosives-laden vehicles during an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan's Khuzdar district, the military's media wing said. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operation was conducted on the reported presence of terrorists belonging to the "Indian proxy Fitna al-Hindustan". Fitna al-Hindustan is the term used by the state for terrorists belonging to the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and other armed groups operating in the province. Read: Nine policemen martyred, 28 injured in terror attack on police checkpost in K-P's Hangu The ISPR said the security forces intercepted the movement of two explosives-laden vehicles along with the terrorists operating them. "After swift and prompt action by security forces, both vehicles were successfully destroyed," the statement said, adding that four attackers operating the vehicles were killed during the operation. The military said sanitisation operations were continuing in the area "to eliminate any other Indian-sponsored terrorist found in the area". Reaffirming its commitment to counterterrorism, the ISPR said the "relentless counterterrorism campaign under the vision 'Azm-i-Istehkam' by security forces and law enforcement agencies of Pakistan will continue at full pace to wipe out the menace of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country." President Asif Ali Zardari commended the security forces for their "timely success" in thwarting the terrorists' plan, adding that it was a "manifestation of the security forces' high professional capability". He said that operations should continue until the complete eradication of "terrorism being carried out in the country under foreign patronage". صدر آصف علی زرداری نے بلوچستان کے ضلع خضدار میں فتنۂ الہندوستان کے دہشت گردوں کی کارروائی کو بروقت ناکام بنانے پر سیکیورٹی فورسز کو خراجِ تحسین پیش کیا ہے۔ صدر مملکت نے کہا کہ بھارتی سرپرستی میں سرگرم فتنۂ الہندوستان کے دہشت گردوں کی بارود سے بھری دو گاڑیوں کو تباہ کرنا سیکیورٹی… pic.twitter.com/fk2iEsaK0v — PTV News (@PTVNewsOfficial) July 30, 2026 Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif lauded the security forces for carrying out the operation, saying their timely action had foiled a major terrorist plot. The prime minister praised the forces for killing four militants and destroying two explosives-laden vehicles during the operation. "Every malicious attempt to spread terrorism in Pakistan will be thwarted," he said. He added that operations by the security forces and law enforcement agencies would continue with full force until terrorism was completely eradicated from the country. Also Read: Two dead as methane blast collapses coal mine in Balochistan's Sorange, traps over two dozen miners "The entire nation stands with its brave security forces and values their sacrifices for the peace, stability and security of the country," the prime minister said. وزیراعظم محمد شہباز شریف نے بلوچستان کے ضلع خضدار میں بھارتی سرپرستی میں سرگرم فتنہ الہندوستان کے دہشت گردوں کے خلاف کامیاب انٹیلی جنس بیسڈ آپریشن پر سیکیورٹی فورسز کو خراجِ تحسین پیش کیا ہے۔ وزیراعظم نے آپریشن کے دوران چار دہشت گردوں کو ہلاک کرنے اور بارودی مواد سے بھری دو… pic.twitter.com/zKydIQVRMj — PTV News (@PTVNewsOfficial) July 30, 2026 Terrorism has increased significantly in Pakistan, particularly in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, in recent months. Although K-P has borne the brunt of the violence, Balochistan has also remained a major target of what the state describes as Indian proxies, which have often targeted civilians and military installations in the province. In one such attack on the last day of last year, terrorists targeted civilians in Gwadar and Kharan districts, where 18 people, including women, children, the elderly and labourers, were martyred. Security forces and law enforcement agencies immediately responded and, according to the military, thwarted the "evil designs" of the terrorists, killing 92 militants. Fifteen security personnel were also martyred during the operation. The forces continued operations across the provinces against what the state describes as Indian-sponsored terrorists and their proxies, but despite these efforts, the groups have continued to target civilian and defence installations. Earlier this month, at least 30 people, including 27 police personnel, were martyred when terrorists identified by the state as the Indian proxy Fitna al-Hindustan ambushed police personnel deployed in the Kach Mangi Phase III area of Ziarat, triggering hours-long gun battles. The attackers also abducted several civilians and police personnel after the assault. In the aftermath of the attack, the Pakistan Army, Frontier Corps and Balochistan Police launched a joint operation, which remains underway, with forces intensifying action against terrorists across the province.

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Karachi waffle chain owner found dead in Gulistan-e-Jauhar after alleged kidnapping

A 25-year-old man who was allegedly kidnapped from Karachi's PECHS Society was found dead in the bushes near a wedding hall in Gulistan-e-Jauhar on Wednesday, with police suspecting that he was tortured before being shot dead. The victim, identified as Mir Raza Ali, son of Mir Hassan Ali, was a resident of PECHS Block 2 and owned waffle dessert chain “Wafflix” near Bahadurabad Chowrangi. His body was recovered from the bushes near Shadi Qila wedding hall in Gulistan-e-Jauhar Block 1 and was taken to Jinnah hospital for post-mortem examination. According to police, the body appeared to be one to two days old and had signs of burns in some areas, making identification difficult. The victim was identified by his father through his clothes. Police said a mark on the victim’s back was also found, while the exact cause of death would be determined after the post-mortem report. Read: Three suspects arrested in Dr Akash murder case killed in firing by their accomplices: police Station House Officer Kamran Qureshi said initial findings suggested that the victim was tortured before being shot. He added that police were collecting CCTV footage from cameras installed around the wedding hall to trace the suspects involved in the kidnapping and murder. A kidnapping case was registered at Ferozabad Police Station on Tuesday on the complaint of the victim’s father. According to the first information report, on the night between July 27 and 28, Raza returned home from his shop in his car and informed his mother at around 4am that he would step outside his house for 10 minutes. He did not return. His mother later called his mobile phone, but it was switched off. The family searched for him and also contacted Madadgar 15 before registering a kidnapping case against unidentified suspects at the police station. Police are continuing their investigation. Condemnations and condolences poured in on social media from those who knew the young entrepreneur as the authorities were criticised for the security situation of the city.

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PPP alliance with PML-N in Centre not endangered by AJK polls criticism, Bilawal says

Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday said his criticism of alleged irregularities in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections could not endanger the party’s coalition with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz at the Centre, but warned that alleged rigging and what he described as theft of the public mandate could have implications for the ruling alliance. Speaking to the media after meeting AJK Legislative Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar and PPP workers at his residence here, Bilawal said the PPP-PML-N coalition at the federal level remained intact. “My statements cannot put our coalition with the federal government in danger,” Bilawal said, while cautioning that alleged manipulation of the AJK electoral process and denial of the public mandate could create difficulties for the alliance. The PPP chairman said alleged vote theft and what he called an assault on the people’s mandate were “unacceptable”, arguing that he could not remain silent when party workers were allegedly targeted. لائیو: پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی کے چیئرمین بلاول بھٹو زرداری ضلع مظفرآباد کی تحصیل گڑھی ڈوپٹہ میں پارٹی کارکنان سے خطاب کررہے ہیں۔ https://t.co/znQ4O2ruVa — PPP (@MediaCellPPP) July 29, 2026 “If my worker is killed, how can I remain silent?” he asked, saying he had the right to raise his voice for the rights of PPP workers and the people. Bilawal said the political crisis in AJK could be resolved through democratic means and called for the people’s mandate to be respected. He alleged that polling had been interfered with at around 30 polling stations and claimed that the PPP was given four seats instead of the eight it expected. He further alleged that rigging had taken place in Kotli and claimed that votes were “stolen at gunpoint”. Bilawal demanded that AJK voters be allowed to exercise their democratic right freely, saying any attempt to undermine the electoral process was unacceptable. READ: PML-N secures strong lead in AJK polls, wins 9 of 13 seats in Mirpur as unofficial results pour in Calling on the people of AJK to participate fully in the remaining phases of the elections, he urged voters to elect their representatives through the ballot. He reiterated that the PPP believed in democracy, the sanctity of the vote and respect for the public mandate. Bilawal’s remarks came amid heightened political tensions following the first phase of the AJK Legislative Assembly elections in Mirpur Division, where the PML-N emerged as the leading party while the PPP alleged irregularities in the electoral process. PPP AJK President Chaudhry Yasin, AJK Prime Minister Faisal Rathore, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Nadeem Afzal Chan and Nabila Ayub were also present.

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