Bilawal demands simultaneous GB, AJK polls alongside country's general elections
Key takeaways
- The PPP chief said that his party remained committed to securing the rights of the people of GB and ensuring transparent elections in the region.
- He urged voters to safeguard their mandate and expressed hope that no seats would be "stolen" in the upcoming polls.
- Bilawal criticised what he described as an Islamabad-centric approach to governance, saying some political parties wanted to run GB, Gwadar and Karachi from the federal capital.
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Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday called for elections in Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir to be held simultaneously with country's general elections, saying it would strengthen public sovereignty.
"True public sovereignty would only be ensured if elections in GB were held alongside Pakistan's general elections," he said while addressing an election rally in Shigar's GBA-12 constituency as part of electioneering for the June 7 polls set to be held in the region.