Govt, PTI at loggerheads over alleged restrictions on GB election campaign
Key takeaways
- Political activity in GB reached its peak ahead of the elections on 24 Assembly seats, as senior leaders of major parties arrived in the region to campaign on Tuesday.
- Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif reached Gilgit on a short visit, while PPP leader Aseefa Bhutto Zardari arrived in Skardu to address an election rally in constituency GBA-7.
- The polls for Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly seats are scheduled to be held on June 7.
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ISLAMABAD: The government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have traded barbs over alleged restrictions on political campaigning ahead of the Gilgit-Baltistan elections, with the ruling coalition rejecting claims of discrimination and the opposition alleging efforts to sideline its supporters.
Political activity in GB reached its peak ahead of the elections on 24 Assembly seats, as senior leaders of major parties arrived in the region to campaign on Tuesday.