Report: Naseem Hassan/ANI
MUZAFFARABAD — Candidates nominated by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have submitted their nomination papers for the upcoming Kashmir Council elections.
Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir Iftikhar Gilani, PML-N AJK President Shah Ghulam Qadir, former Prime Minister Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan, ministers Colonel (retd.) Waqar Ahmed Noor, Dr Mustafa Bashir, Sardar Mir Akbar and Azhar Sadiq, along with MPA Noreen Arif and other leaders, submitted the nomination papers of PML-N candidates Chaudhry Muhammad Saeed, Raja Mushtaq Ahmed Minhas and Chaudhry Manzoor.
Meanwhile, Leader of the Opposition and PPP AJK President Chaudhry Muhammad Yasin, along with PPP lawmakers Chaudhry Qasim Majeed, Sardar Mukhtar Ahmed Khan and Zobia Khursheed Raja, submitted the nomination papers of PPP candidate Chaudhry Latif Akbar.
The nomination papers were submitted to the Returning Officer as part of the electoral process for four vacant Kashmir Council seats. Polling is scheduled for October 12, 2026, at the AJK Legislative Assembly Hall.
