August 16, 2026
The IPP president says there is nothing wrong with dividing each of the four provinces into four administrative units. Rana Sanaullah says nobody has produced a plan, and that outside Hazara there is no public demand.
August 5, 2026
Polling in LA-27 Muzaffarabad-I and LA-28 Muzaffarabad-II, postponed on August 2 because of adverse weather, went ahead on Tuesday. The PML-N's Noreen Arif took LA-27 with 18,919 votes against the IPP's Sardar Tabarak Ali on 18,621, and the PPP's Bazil Ali won LA-28.
July 17, 2026
Election campaigns for the July 27 AJK Legislative Assembly vote are at their peak with ten days remaining, with party leaders holding corner meetings, public gatherings and constituency tours across 45 seats. The most notable feature of the 2026 AJK campaign is the competitive strength of independent candidates — many with JAAC-affiliated or local-grievance backing — which analysts say makes this the most unpredictable AJK election in recent memory.
July 17, 2026
PTI has formally declared it will not contest the July 27 AJK Legislative Assembly election, citing the "prevailing political and human rights situation" in the region. With PTI out, 846 candidates from PML-N, PPP, IPP, AJKMC and other parties are competing across 45 constituencies for 3.8 million registered voters. IPP is contesting AJK elections for the first time. Independent candidates have emerged as a significant competitive force.
July 11, 2026
Political campaigns in Azad Jammu and Kashmir are gaining intensity with sixteen days remaining before the July 27 Legislative Assembly election. PML-N, the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party, and the PPP-JUI-F alliance are each ramping up constituency-level activity. PML-N held a senior-level strategy meeting in Lahore chaired by Saad Rafique; IPP president Aleem Khan is personally distributing tickets. PTI's boycott leaves a large open field across its former strongholds.
July 11, 2026
Political campaigns in Azad Jammu and Kashmir are gaining intensity with sixteen days remaining before the July 27 Legislative Assembly election. PML-N, the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party, and the PPP-JUI-F alliance are each ramping up constituency-level activity. PML-N held a senior-level strategy meeting in Lahore chaired by Saad Rafique; IPP president Aleem Khan is personally distributing tickets. PTI's boycott leaves a large open field across its former strongholds.
July 9, 2026
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections on July 27 will see 843 candidates contest across 53 constituencies after final withdrawals, with PTI's boycott opening the field to competing coalition and independent candidates. The PPP-JUI-F alliance, the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party, the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference, and a large independent bloc are the main forces. PTI has described the current political and human rights situation in AJK as incompatible with a credible democratic exercise.
July 6, 2026
The Pakistan Peoples Party and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F have announced a formal electoral alliance for the Azad Jammu and Kashmir general elections scheduled for July 27, with Bilawal Bhutto Zardari predicting a PPP-JUI-F coalition government. PPP has released candidates for all 35 AJK assembly constituencies. The Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party and AJKMC have also announced full candidate slates. PTI, which has boycotted the vote, is absent from the field.
July 6, 2026
The Pakistan Peoples Party and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F have announced a formal electoral alliance for the Azad Jammu and Kashmir general elections scheduled for July 27, with Bilawal Bhutto Zardari predicting a PPP-JUI-F coalition government. PPP has released candidates for all 35 AJK assembly constituencies. The Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party and AJKMC have also announced full candidate slates. PTI, which has boycotted the vote, is absent from the field.
June 30, 2026
The Pakistan People's Party and Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz agreed a power-sharing deal on June 20, a fortnight after the June 7 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections left neither party with a majority — with PPP taking the chief minister's post and PML-N the governor's office.
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