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    Polling for AJK Legislative Assembly

    elections concludedAPP

    June 26, 2011

    MIRPUR: Kashmiris living in AJK as well as different parts of Pakistan on Sunday

    casted their votes to elect a new AJK Legislative Assembly.

    Voting took place in 37 out of 41 electoral constituencies including 29 of AJK and 8 out of

    all 12 meant for Pakistan-based Jammu & Kashmir refugees in a partially peaceful and

    smooth manner, officials said.

    Elections were postponed in three constituencies including LA -30 (Jammu-I) and LA-36(Kashmir valley-I) due to worsening law and order situation in Karachi and in LA-41

    (Kashmir valley-6) following challenging of voters list related to Khyber PakhtunKhawa

    province in the court of law.

    Similarly, polling in electoral constituency of LA-37 (Kashmir valley) in Lahore was

    postponed following violent clashes between the workers of PPP and PML-N at the

    beginning of polling on Sunday morning, AJK Elections Commission sources told APP when

    contacted.

    The polling started at 08:00 a.m and continued till 05:00 p.m without any pause in line with

    the schedule set by AJK Election Commission.

    There was complete peace and we performed our duties independently without any unrest

    from any quarter including candidates or their supporters during the polling, PresidingOfficer of the Polling Station set up at Industrial Rest House in the Mirpur city constituency

    said.

    He said, during polling, computerized National Identity Card in original were required to be

    produced by the voters as the proof of their identification in line with the directives of AJK

    Election Commission.

    The voters were seen moving to the polling stations on their own, however, female voters, in

    some constituencies, were seen moving through the vehicles belonging to various candidates.

    Para-military troops were posted at the sensitive polling stations in all the electoral

    constituencies to assist the civil administration and police to maintain law and order situation.

    A thumping majority of a total of 30,39,926 eligible registered voters (both male and female)moved to 4351 polling stations to exercise their right of vote to elect their representatives for

    AJK Legislative Assembly, the AJK Election Commission sources said.

    Strict security measures were adopted by local administrations in all the electoral

    constituencies to deal with any untoward incident effectively.

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    Over 700 polling stations were declared sensitive where extra para-military troops were

    deployed to assist the local police for dealing with any eventuality.

    The polling agents of various candidates and polling staff deployed at various polling stations

    while talking to APP expressed their complete satisfaction over the voting process.

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    Liberate Muzaffarabad first and not Srinagar By Dr.Shabir Ch (PHD)

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    Liberate Muzaffarabad first and not Srinagar

    Dr Shabir Choudhry 16 April 2011

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    It is an offence to support Indian cricket team in Pakistani Occupied Kashmir; and those whosupported the Indian team in the recent World Cricket Cup, especially when they played

    Pakistani team in the semi finals were arrested for this crime. Two stalwarts of National

    Awami Party from Dadyal, district Mirpur, namely Imran Shahzad and Naheem Iqbal

    Khawaja were arrested for supporting the Indian team.

    Kashmiri nationalists are very angry over this, and people are expressing their anger against

    Pakistan and their oppressive policies. Secretary General of Kashmir National Party, Yasin

    Anjumm while commenting on this intolerable situation said: Liberate Muzaffarabad first

    and not Srinagar.

    In the past some Kashmiri parties groomed and supported by Pakistani secret agencies gave

    this slogan and policy to the people of Pakistani side of Jammu and Kashmir that they should

    first liberate Srinagar. By implication it meant that only Indian side of Jammu and Kashmir is

    occupied (Pakistani side of Kashmir is free) and only that should be liberated.

    This policy was not only illogical, but it was also given by those who occupy two regions of

    Jammu and Kashmir; and their aim was to divert attention away from their own crimes and

    use sentiments of people of Jammu and Kashmir to promote a proxy war. Net result of thiserroneous and out of place policy was enormous damage to the Kashmiri struggle, and

    despite death of more than fifty thousands men, women and children, rapes, imprisonments,

    custodial deaths, misery and suffering of people we have not moved one inch forward.

    Despite the above, Pakistani secret agencies and their agents in Pakistan and Kashmir still

    want to pursue the same redundant policy. They want to promote Kashmir as a religious

    dispute, and to them it could only be resolved by use of gun, even though its use has brought

    havoc to the people of Jammu and Kashmir; and nearly brought India and Pakistan to a full

    scale war.

    Last week my first cousin Mohammed Iqbal Choudhry died in London. He was a successful

    businessman and a decent human being. His death is a big loss to us all. My other cousin who

    is a Public Prosecutor in London came to my house with her husband for condolences. Her

    husband, Choudhry Arshad Mehmood, is highly educated man with no interest in politics or

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    the Kashmiri struggle. But before he left he gave me a big surprise by asking me: brother

    when are we going to get independence from Pakistan?

    I said to him before we reach that stage where a na tion can get independence we need to

    understand true nature of the Kashmir dispute, and develop our consciousness of being

    enslaved and occupied on both sides of the Line of Control. However, it is encouraging to

    note that more and more educated people are now realising that the Kashmir dispute was

    created by Pakistan; and it is the Pakistani establishment which is the biggest obstacle in the

    resolution of the Kashmir dispute.

    I further said people of Jammu and Kashmir need to understand the game plan of the

    Pakistani ruling elite; and they need to know that this selfish and egocentric people have no

    love for people of Jammu and Kashmir. They want to use the Kashmir dispute to advancetheir own agenda; and divide people in name of religion, ethnicity and region.

    Both my cousin and her husband said they have developed consciousness of being Kashmiris

    because of the attitude and discrimination of some Pakistani people. Now we realise that we

    are Kashmiris and in the recent census (in Britain), for the first time, we crossed Pakistan in

    the ethnicity column and put our ethnicity as Kashmiri.

    To me this was a step forward. If this trend continues and people of Jammu and Kashmir

    understand the real situation and real culprits who have back stabbed our movement then they

    will start their struggle against injustice, oppression and occupation.

    In this context I remember Baba Jaan a leader from Gilgit Baltistan who said to KNP

    delegation to that region: We are part of the Kashmir dispute, but all regions are occupied

    and we all have to struggle against those who occupy us. India is an occupier on that side and

    people are struggling against them. We have no problem from India on this side, so our

    struggle cannot be and should not be against India. Our struggle should be against the country

    which has its big boot on our neck. We dont want any lessons from anyone that we support

    this or that struggle, or adopt this ideology or that ideology; our first priority is to remove that

    big boot from neck that we can breathe.

    What Baba Jaan said makes a lot of sense. What India is doing on that side is wrong, of

    course, there is a large army and human rights abuses taking place, but people are resisting

    the Indian rule and they get support from people of Jammu and Kashmir on this side, from

    Pakistan, from OIC and many other sources. Above all we DO NOT stop them to fight the

    Indian rule there. We dont urge them to stop fighting those who inflict pain and suffering

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    there; but unfortunately we people on the Pakistani side of Kashmir DO NOT get the same

    right to resist those who occupy us and plunder our resources and do injustice to us.

    When oppressed people of Jammu and Kashmir living on the Pakistani side of the divide

    raise their voices against the Pakistani occupation and injustice, even people of the Indian

    side of Kashmir criticise us, as they think the resistance should be against India only; and

    they want everyone to concentrate on the problems which they face.

    That strategy is wrong and out of step with reality. This policy or strategy was designed by

    secret agencies of Pakistan and passed on to some Kashmiri organisations; and it is sad that

    these Kashmiri organisations might forget to follow Quran and Hadees but they very

    faithfully follow policies of the secret agencies of Pakistan, hence complicating the Kashmir

    dispute even further.

    Pakistani Occupied Kashmir, known as Azad Kashmir or free Kashmir is a slave of ruling

    elite of Pakistan which has mortgaged national pride and sovereignty of their country to the

    Americans and some other countries for the sake of some material and political gains.

    Pakistani ruling elite has worked very hard to bring Pakistan to its present situation where the

    country is in chaos and no one seems to be safe and future of Pakistan as a nation state is very

    bleak

    Despite very serious economic and political problems, raging civil war in various parts and

    uncertain future, Pakistani establishment ensured that their grip on Gilgit Baltistan and POKremains firm. They have Kashmiri collaborators and opportunists to help and further fortify

    the Pakistani rule in these regions.

    They should know whether people of Jammu and Kashmir get two options or three options to

    determine their future, under the UN Resolutions, which Pakistan likes to talk about give

    people the right to join India and propagate in favour of that as well. Some people of the

    Indian side of Jammu and Kashmir openly speak in support of Pakistan, hoist Pakistani flag

    and burn the Indian flag and they are not arrested for that, however, they are severely

    punished for using violence to advance their agenda.

    Corrupt and oppressive system which does not allow people to even support a cricket team

    could not be expected to let people to have equality and right of expression in their colony.

    They have not learnt from their past mistakes. It was the wrong and oppressive policy of

    Pakistani ruling elite which resulted in fall of Dhaka, independence of Bangladesh and

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    surrender of more than 90 thousand soldiers. It is wrong policy of the ruling elite which has

    forced people to pick up gun against them in Balochistan and other parts of Pakistan.

    Surely it is their wrong policy which has turned people of Jammu and Kashmir against

    Pakistan and their oppressive and unjust rule; and if there is a plebiscite in near future vast

    majority will vote in favour of United and independent Jammu and Kashmir. It is because of

    this reason the Pakistani ruling elite want to ensure that the Kashmir dispute is not resolved,

    as it has become a bread and butter for some.

    Writer is Head Diplomatic Committee of Kashmir National Party, political analyst and author

    of many books and booklets. Also he is Director Institute of Kashmir Affairs.Email:[email protected]

    AJK ELECTION 2011 RESULTS

    DISTRICT MIRPUR

    DISTRICT MIRPUR AJK CONSIST OF 4 CONSTITUENCIES RANGING FROM LA-1 TO LA-4

    CONSTITUENCY WINNER PARTY VOTES OBTAINED TOTAL VOTES

    LA-1 (Dadyal) AfsarShahid

    PPP 13,974 44,414

    LA-2 (Chakswari)Ch Abdul

    MajeedPPP 17,400 55,388

    LA-3 (Mirpur City)

    Barrister

    Sultan

    Mahmood

    Ch

    PPP 17,390 63,301

    LA-4 (Khari Sharif)Ch Arshad

    Hussain PPP 18,528 65,240

    Comment [N1]: Total votes polled 28,76,871

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    AJK ELECTION 2011 RESULTS

    DISTRICT BHIMBERDISTRICT BHIMBER AJK CONSIST OF 3 CONSTITUENCIES RANGING FROM LA-5 TO LA-7

    CONSTITUENCY WINNER PARTY VOTES OBTAINEDTOTAL

    VOTES

    LA-5 (Barnala) Perviz Ashraf PPP 18,801 75,236

    LA-6 (Samahani) Ali Shaan Sooni Independent -- 80,240

    LA-7 (Bhimber) CH Tariq Farooq PML (N) 31,839 96,459

    AJK ELECTION 2011RESULTS

    DISTRICT KOTLI

    DISTRICT KOTLI AJK CONSIST OF 5 CONSTITUENCIES RANGING FROM LA-8 TO LA-12

    CONSTITUENCY WINNER PARTY VOTES OBTAINEDTOTAL

    VOTES

    LA-8 (Kotli)Malik Muhammad

    NawazMC 24,405 94,031

    LA-9 (Nakyaal) Javad Iqbal Badhwani PPP 29,249 84,058

    LA-10 (Sansaa)Raja Naseer Ahmad

    KhanPML (N) 25,321 97,993

    LA-11 (Choorahi) Ch Muhammad Yasin PPP 37,611 1,05,155

    LA-12 (Khoiratta)Muhammad Matloot

    InqalabiPPP 36,221 89,012

    AJK ELECTION 2011 RESULTS DISTRICT BAGH

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    DISTRICT BAGH AJK CONSIST OF 4 CONSTITUENCIES RANGING FROM LA-13 TO LA-16

    CONSTITUENCY WINNER PARTY VOTES OBTAINED TOTALVOTES

    LA-13 (Dhee Kot)Sardar Ateeq Ahmad

    KhanMC 20,440 90,177

    LA-14 (Wasti Bagh)Sardar Qamar Ul

    ZamanPPP 24,755 61,077

    LA-15 (East Bagh) Sardaar Meer Akbar MC 17,795 85,684

    LA-16 (Haweeli

    Farward Kahoota)

    Faisal Mumtaz

    Rathore

    Muhammad

    Deen SheedaieCh Muhammad Aziz 87,737

    AJK ELECTION 2011 RESULTS

    DISTRICTS SUDHNOTI POONCH

    DISTRICTS SUDHNOTI POONCH AJK CONSIST OF 6 CONSTITUENCIES RANGING FROM LA-

    17 TO LA-22

    CONSTITUENCY WINNER PARTY VOTES OBTAINEDTOTAL

    VOTES

    LA-17 (Abbasspur) Amjid Yousaf Yasin Gulssion Abdul Qayoom Niazi 65,443

    LA-18 (Hijeera) Sardar Ghulam Sadiq PPP 18,652 48,684

    LA-19 (Rawalakot)Haji Muhammad

    YaqoobPPP 27,655 1,00,951

    LA-20

    (PaChayoot/Thoraar)Sayaab Khalid MC 15,210 73,250

    LA-21 (Palandari)Muhammad Najeeb

    NaqiPML (N) 16,924 90,697

    LA-22 (Balooch)Sardar Akhtar Hussain

    RabaniPPP 1340 84,695

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    AJK ELECTION 2011 RESULTS

    DISTRICT NEELUM VALLEYDISTRICT NEELUM VALLEY AJK CONSIST OF 1 CONSTITUENCY LA-23

    CONSTITUENCY WINNER PARTY VOTES OBTAINEDTOTAL

    VOTES

    LA-23 (Neelam) Mian Abdul Waheed PPP 23,168 87,404

    AJK ELECTION 2011 RESULTS

    DISTRICT MUZAFFARABADDISTRICT MUZAFFARABAD AJK CONSIST OF 6 CONSTITUENCIES RANGING FROM LA-24

    TO LA-29

    CONSTITUENCY WINNER PARTY VOTES OBTAINEDTOTAL

    VOTES

    LA-24 (Kotla) Sardar Javaid Ayoub PPP 14,698 68,215

    LA-25 (Laachraat) Syed Bazil Naqvi PPP -- 59,047

    LA-26 (Muzafarabad) Raja M Farooq Haider PML (N) 13,362 56,626

    LA-27 (Khaawara) CH LatifAkbar PPP 22,936 88,637

    LA-28 (Chakaar) Raja M Farooq Haider PML(N) 24,909 86,482

    LA-29 (Hattian Bala /

    Leepa)Ch Rasheed PPP 25,201 80,231

    AJK ELECTION 2011 RESULTS

    JAMMU OTHERS

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    JAMMU VALLEY OTHERS AJK CONSIST OF 6 CONSTITUENCIES RANGING FROM LA-30 TO

    LA-35

    CONSTITUENCY WINNER PARTY VOTES OBTAINEDTOTAL

    VOTES

    LA-30 (Jammu 1

    Karachi)Election Postponed -- -- 67,157

    LA-31 (Jammu 2

    Gujranwala)Ch Ismaeel PML (N) 31,480 1,41,291

    LA-32 (Jammu 3

    Sialkot)Ch Muhammad Ishaaq PMN (N) 24,590 1,28,225

    LA-33 (Jammu 4

    Narowaal)Chaudhary

    Muhammad HussainIndependent 15,115 1,07,610

    LA-34 (Jammu 5

    Gujrat)

    Muhammad Akber

    ChaudharyIndependent 17,705 69,190

    LA-35 (Jammu 6

    Rawalpindi)

    Raja Muhammad

    SiddiquePML (N) 1,475 57,007

    AJK ELECTION 2011 RESULTS

    KASHMIRVALLEYKASHMIR VALLEY AJK CONSIST OF 6 CONSTITUENCIES RANGING FROM LA-36 TO LA-41

    CONSTITUENCY WINNER PARTY VOTES OBTAINEDTOTAL

    VOTES

    LA-36 (Valley 1

    Karachi)Election Postponed -- -- 6,247

    LA-37 (Valley 2

    Lahore)Election Postponed -- -- 7,221

    LA-38 (Valley 3

    Jhelum)Sayed Shokat Ali Shah PML(N) 1,228 4,838

    LA-39 (Valley 4 Azhar Hussain Gillani PPP 1,397 6,855

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    Rawalpindi)

    LA-40 (Valley 5

    Islamabad / Muree)Abdul Salam Butt PPP 1,800 8,942

    LA-41 (Valley 6

    Pishwar/Mansera)Election Postponed -- -- 6,724

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    Party Wise Position Election 2011

    Parties Wise Result

    S# Party Name Party Symbol Seats Obtained

    1 Muslim Conference Horse 5

    2 Pakistan Peoples Party Arrow 20

    3 Pakistan Muslim League (N) Tiger 10

    4 Muttahida Quami Movement Kite -

    5 Jammu Kashmir Liberation

    League

    Lantern -

    6 Islamic Democratic Party Rose -

    7 National Democratic Alliance Boat

    8 Independent 2

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    Final Result of General Election 2011

    | Print |

    Constituency

    Successful Runner Up

    Name Party Votes Name Party Votes

    LA-1 (MIRPUR-1)Muhammad

    Afsar ShahidPPP 14112

    Ch. Masood

    AdovcateIndependent12875

    LA-2 (MIRPUR-2)Ch. Abdul

    MajeedPPP 18627

    Sarfraz

    KhanPML(N) 11014

    LA-3 (MIRPUR-3)

    Sultan

    Mehmood

    Chaudhary

    PPP 18098Ch. Ashraf MC 16260

    LA-4 (MIRPUR-4)Ch. Arshid

    Hussain PPP 18802

    Mrs. Avina

    RukhsarIndependent17751

    LA-5 (BHIMBER-1)Ch. Pervaz

    AshrafPPP 19142

    M. Shafique

    JarralMC 15556

    LA-6 (BHIMBER-2)

    LA-7 (BHIMBER-3)Ch. Tariq

    FarooqPML(N) 32520

    Ch. Anwar-

    ul-HaqPPP 26509

    LA-8 (KOTLI-1)

    Malik

    Muhammad

    Nawaz Khan

    MC 24405

    Malik

    Muhammad

    yousaf

    PPP 19966

    LA-9 (KOTLI-2)Javid Iqbal

    BudhanviPPP 29554

    Sardar M,

    Farooq

    Khan

    PML(N) 20198

    LA-10 (KOTLI-3)Raja Naseer

    Ahmed KhanPML(N) 25541

    Sardar M.

    Bashir

    Pehlwan

    PPP 24431

    LA-11 (KOTLI-4)

    Ch.

    Muhammad

    Yaseen

    PPP 45782Raja M.

    IqbalPML(N) 15196

    LA-12 (KOTLI-5)MuhammadMatloob

    Inqlabi

    PPP 38316Raja NisarAhmed

    Khan

    PML(N) 21033

    LA-13 (BAGH-1) Sardar

    Attique

    MC 21026Muhammad

    latifJamat-e-

    16644

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    LatifAkber Khan

    LA-28 (MUZAFFARABAD-5)

    RajaMuhammad

    Farooq Haider

    Khan

    PML(N) 25293

    Muhammad

    Ashfaq

    Zafar

    PPP 24562

    LA-29 (MUZAFFARABAD-6)

    Chaudhary

    Muhammad

    Rashid

    PPP 25463Dewan Ali

    ChughtaiMC 16560

    LA-30 (JAMMU & OTHERS-1)

    LA-31 (JAMMU & OTHERS-2)

    Ch.

    Muhammad

    Ismaeel

    PML(N) 26882Maqbool

    AhmedPPP 13241

    LA-32 (JAMMU & OTHERS-3)Muhammad

    IshaqPML(N) 24590

    Ch. Shoukat

    AliPPP 18213

    LA-33 (JAMMU & OTHERS-4)

    Chaudhary

    Muhammad

    Hussain

    Independent15182

    Miam

    Muhammad

    Rashid

    PML(N) 14571

    LA-34 (JAMMU & OTHERS-5)

    Muhammad

    Akber

    Chaudhary

    Independent15904Javed

    AkhtarPML(N) 14998

    LA-35 (JAMMU & OTHERS-6)

    Raja

    Muhammad

    Saddique

    PML(N) 17478M. Ameen

    Chughtai

    PPP 8315

    LA-36 (KASHMIR VALLEY-1)

    LA-37 (KASHMIR VALLEY-2)

    LA-38 (KASHMIR VALLEY-3)Syed Shoukat

    Ali ShahPML(N) 1228

    S.

    Muhammad

    Shah

    PPP 722

    LA-39 (KASHMIR VALLEY-4)Azhar Hussain

    GillaniPPP 1397

    Alhaj Zaffar

    Ali MagriPML(N) 406

    LA-40 (KASHMIR VALLEY-5)Abdul Salam

    Butt

    PPP 1800Bashir

    Ahmed

    PML(N) 1274

    LA-41 (KASHMIR VALLEY-6)

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    AJK elections: What does it signify?

    By Malik Muhammad Ashraf| Published: June

    30, 2011

    In the just concluded elections for the ninth legislative Assembly ofAzad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK),

    the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has achieved a simple majority by winning 21 seats out of41

    directly electable slots. It might add to its tally ofseats when elections are held in the three

    constituencies where they have been proposed due to security reasons as well as for five special

    seats reserved for women and one each for ulemas, technocrats and overseas Pakistanis. Ostensibly,

    the party is in a commanding position to form the next government on its own, but there are

    indications that it might prefer to opt for a coalition government with the Muslim Conference that

    has won four seats in conformity with its policy ofreconciliation. However, the losing political parties

    have kept up the tradition ofnot accepting the elections results openheartedly and have accused

    the winning party ofrigging the polls. Unfortunately, violence and rigging have invariably remained

    the hallmark ofelections in Pakistan.Thus, we saw the same happen during the AJK elections. But to

    generalise the phenomenon on the basis of individual and sporadic incidents is certainly not fair.

    The June 26 elections are significant because for the first time the PML-N, which has usually

    supported the Muslim Conference fell out with it because of its alliance with Musharraf, directly

    participated in the elections and won eight seats. The presence ofPPP and PML-N - the two main

    political parties ofPakistan - in AJK, indeed, is a healthy development; it will definitely help

    strengthen democracy in the territory.

    Also, the AJK elections were a litmus test for the popularity of the two major political parties and

    meant a lot to them. Several analysts believe that these elections will determine the pattern of

    general elections in Pakistan, which are due within two years.

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    SHC issues notice to AG in AJK election case

    KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday issued notice for July 4, 2011 toAdvocate General (AG) Sindh on petition of Muttahida Qaumi Movement against

    postponement of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) elections for two seats in Karachi.

    A division bench, comprising Justice Muhammad Athar Saeed and Justice Aqeel Ahmed

    Abbasi, also directed Assistant Advocate General (AAG) Sindh to seek instructions from

    Sindh government till next date of hearing.

    Former legislator Saleem Butt and Tahir Khokhar approached the SHC against postponement

    of AJK elections scheduled on June 26, 2011 for LA-30 and LA-36 constituencies in Karachi.

    They impleaded AJK Chief Election Commissioner, federal and provincial governments and

    IG Police Sindh as respondents. Petitioners counsel Dr Farogh Naseem prayed to declare

    report of DIG headquarters annulled on the basis of which election was postponed, alleging it

    was prepared behind back of candidates and with a mala fide intention to seek postponement

    of elections. He stated there was no threat to peace, law and order as Sindh chief minister,only two days prior to this alleged concocted report while making speech at floor of Sindh

    Assembly quoting figures, categorically stated law and order in Sindh had improved.

    On Friday, AG Sindh Abdul Fattah Malik appeared and waived notice of petition. AAG

    submitted report of Additional IG (AIG) Special Branch dated June 23, 2011, who wrote to

    AJK Election Commission that conspiracy was hatched to assassinate two Returning Officers

    Tanveer Zakir and Najeeb Baloch who were appointed to conduct election of AJK

    Legislative Assembly for LA-30 and LA-36 constituencies in Karachi. AIG recommended

    that election scheduled for June 26, 2011 in Karachi be postponed to avert law, order

    situation. ppi