{"id":6200,"date":"2026-08-02T08:21:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=6200"},"modified":"2026-08-02T08:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:21:20","slug":"ppp-flags-polling-delays-staff-shortages-in-second-phase-of-ajk-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=6200","title":{"rendered":"PPP Flags Polling Delays, Staff Shortages in Second Phase of AJK Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ISLAMABAD:<\/strong> <strong>Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Election Cell In-charge Sardar Abdul Shakoor on Sunday alleged polling delays and electoral irregularities in several constituencies during the second phase of the AJK Legislative Assembly elections, while the Election Commission postponed polling in LA-27 Muzaffarabad-I due to heavy rainfall and landslides.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Shakoor, polling in LA-28 was delayed because polling staff had not reached 71 polling stations by the scheduled time. He said large numbers of voters were left waiting, hindering their ability to exercise their right to vote. He called on the AJK Election Commission, the district administration and relevant authorities to ensure the immediate deployment of polling staff so that polling could begin without further delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In LA-29, Shakoor said polling staff had not reached most polling stations by the scheduled time, delaying the start of polling. He said the absence of staff was preventing voters from exercising their franchise and could affect the transparency and timely completion of the electoral process. He urged the Election Commission and district authorities to ensure the immediate deployment of the remaining polling staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Separately, the AJK Election Commission announced that polling in LA-27 Muzaffarabad-I had been postponed after heavy rainfall and landslides prevented polling from taking place. The Commission said multiple roads had been blocked, preventing polling staff and election materials from reaching polling stations on time despite efforts by the district administration to restore access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It said a new polling date for the constituency would be announced at 2 pm and apologised to voters for the inconvenience, adding that polling in all other constituencies was continuing according to schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Responding to the decision, Shakoor questioned the rationale for postponing polling at all 196 polling stations across the constituency. He said it was incomprehensible to suggest that every polling station had been simultaneously affected by fallen trees, landslides or inaccessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also said polling staff and election materials are normally dispatched the night before polling day and questioned why political parties, candidates and the public had not been informed in advance if weather conditions had made polling impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He argued that any postponement should have been limited to affected polling stations rather than the entire constituency and called on the Election Commission to publish a detailed report identifying the affected roads, polling stations and administrative measures taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In LA-31, Shakoor said polling staff had still not reached polling stations 74, 75 and polling stations 80 to 86 in Gahl village of Union Council Komi Kot, resulting in significant delays and difficulties for voters. He urged the Election Commission to ensure the immediate deployment of staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also said PPP candidate Chaudhry Latif Akbar had submitted a written complaint to the Chief Election Commissioner regarding the closure of the Rangla-Katkair Road. According to the complaint, more than 50 vehicles carrying voters had been stranded since the previous night, preventing many voters from reaching their polling stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PPP called on the authorities to reopen the road immediately, facilitate the safe passage of stranded voters to polling stations and investigate the circumstances that led to the road closure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In LA-34, Shakoor alleged that polling agents representing PPP candidate Colonel (Retd) Qadeer were being prevented from taking their places at polling stations in the Cantonment and Sheranwala Gate areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said election officials had argued that the agents were not residents of the local area, but maintained that under the election rules a person belonging to a constituency in the valley and registered at a Lahore address was eligible to serve as a polling agent at any polling camp or polling station in Lahore linked to that constituency. He called on the Election Commission to intervene and ensure that PPP polling agents were allowed to perform their duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In LA-32, Shakoor said PPP candidate Ashfaq Zafar had submitted a written complaint to the Chief Election Commissioner alleging two electoral irregularities. The complaint alleged that workers of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) were unlawfully stamping ballot papers at Polling Station No. 24, and that a government employee identified as Nusrat was serving as a PML-N polling agent at another polling station in the constituency, which the complaint described as a violation of the election code of conduct and rules governing public servants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PPP called on the Election Commission to halt the alleged unlawful activity, take the relevant ballot papers into custody, remove the government employee from polling agent duties, investigate both matters and take legal action against those found responsible<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Election Cell In-charge Sardar Abdul Shakoor on Sunday alleged polling delays and electoral irregularities in several constituencies during the second&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[2551,35,2182],"class_list":["post-6200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-ajk-election","tag-pakistan","tag-ppp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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