{"id":6233,"date":"2026-08-03T16:38:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=6233"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:38:27","slug":"bilawal-warns-of-federal-govts-countdown-over-alleged-ajk-poll-rigging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=6233","title":{"rendered":"Bilawal warns of federal govt\u2019s \u2018countdown\u2019 over alleged AJK poll rigging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has warned that the federal government\u2019s \u201ccountdown has begun\u201d after his party secured fewer seats in the ongoing elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), which he described as \u201crigged\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government at the Centre is backed by several parties, with the PPP remaining its principal ally. However, during the AJK elections, Bilawal\u2019s party repeatedly alleged that the polls were rigged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PML-N has secured a simple majority to form the government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir after winning 23 of the 45 seats, according to Prime Minister\u2019s Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo my friends in the PML-N, can you hear that sound? The countdown for the federal government has begun,\u201d the PPP chairman said in a video message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bilawal also announced a public gathering in Bagh district and urged supporters in Poonch to prepare for the rally on August 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPoonch, I am coming. Get ready,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Describing the polls as \u201cneither free nor fair\u201d, Bilawal alleged that they were \u201crigged elections\u201d, \u201cbullet elections\u201d, \u201cmurderous elections\u201d and \u201cbloody elections\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the outcome, he congratulated PPP workers and said the party had secured victory in nine electoral seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou have won nine seats for the Pakistan Peoples Party despite all this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bilawal also vowed to reclaim what he described as seats \u201cstolen\u201d in Mirpur and Muzaffarabad, adding that the PPP would continue its political struggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Pakistan Peoples Party does not lose courage. We do not retreat, and we do not leave the field,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His warning came moments after senior PPP leader and Sindh minister Sharjeel Inam Memon also issued a similar warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Memon, while criticising the PML-N leadership, warned: \u201cThe countdown begins for the federal government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He alleged that the \u201cPML-N, in collaboration with the Election Commission, had given ballot papers to its candidates two days ago\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Memon further alleged that the administration was not even listening to the complaints of the current president and prime minister of AJK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHistoric rigging was carried out in the AJK poll,\u201d he alleged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Referring to the 2024 elections, which he also described as \u201crigged\u201d, the PPP leader questioned whether PML-N President Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz had won their seats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has warned that the federal government\u2019s \u201ccountdown has begun\u201d after his party secured fewer seats in the ongoing elections in Azad Jammu and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[2551,35],"class_list":["post-6233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-ajk-election","tag-pakistan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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