Nawaz Sharif kicks off election campaign
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has launched the PML-N's election campaign for the upcoming Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) legislative assembly polls. She criticized the PPP for failing to address regional issues and promised to implement development projects like mobile hospitals and electric buses.
Why it matters
The campaign highlights internal political tensions between coalition allies and the ongoing struggle for influence in the disputed AJK region.
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facebook --> twitter --> whatsup --> linkded --> email MORE (3) Messenger Whatsapp --> Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz addresses a public rally in Muzaffarabad on Tuesday as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz launches its campaign for the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections scheduled for July 27. SCREENGRAB The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday launched its election campaign for the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) polls, with Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz aiming at the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), her party's ally in the federal government, for failing to resolve the region's issues despite being in power there.
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