Islamabad:
Home Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has accepted the request of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Abdul Rashid for the deployment of Rangers, following which the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) general elections will be held on July 25. Rangers will be deployed during the elections. It is believed that elections will be held in 33 constituencies of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and 12 constituencies of Kashmiri refugees in Pakistan.
According to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Election Commission, 2.82 million people, including 1.59 million men and 1.297 million women, will exercise their voting right.
Election symbols will be allotted to parties and candidates on July 4 before 2 pm and the final list of contesting candidates will be published on the same day while polling will be held on July 25 from 8 am to 5 pm.
The CEC has already introduced a 16-page code of conduct for candidates of political parties and their polling agents, which calls for strict adherence to legal and constitutional requirements and other guidelines.
Under the Code of Conduct, no candidate, including the Prime Minister, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and Ministers of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, will be allowed to use government resources, especially vehicles, for the election campaign, otherwise he will be disqualified. May be and the vehicle will be confiscated.
The National Command and Control Center (NCOC) had earlier proposed postponing the Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections for two months.
He had written a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner of the Azad Jammu Party saying that the elections should be delayed due to the increase in the number of corona virus cases in the country.
The NCOC had said that large political rallies for the election campaign would lead to further spread of the deadly virus in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. It said that by September, one million people in Azad Jammu and Kashmir could be vaccinated. Is.
