Overview
- The second phase of Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections is taking place in 21 constituencies with voting scheduled from 8am to 5pm, and officials including the Chief Election Commissioner urged voters to cast ballots.
- Election authorities deployed extra security and categorized polling stations by sensitivity, assigning more personnel to high‑risk booths to keep polling secure.
- Multiple reports from the field said polling was delayed at many stations because of late staff arrivals, insufficient poll workers and blocked roads that left voters unable to reach booths.
- The Pakistan Peoples Party reported a physical attack on acting AJK president Chaudhry Latif Akbar, named alleged assailants and demanded FIRs and arrests while party leaders pressed the Election Commission for public hearings of rigging complaints.
- Parties traded accusations over irregularities with the PML‑N rejecting early fraud claims, and officials have scheduled the next phase for August 10 which election monitors say will be shaped by how complaints and the law‑enforcement response are handled.