The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) emerged as the dominant party in the first phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly elections, securing nine of the 13 seats in Mirpur Division, while the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) won the remaining four seats. According to the final»»»

14 Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) activists were killed, and more than 24 were injured in major clashes with law-enforcement personnel during the first phase of elections for the so-called legislative assembly in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Law enforcement authorities alleged that the JAA»»»