Overview
- Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said the PPP is in a strong position to lead the next Azad Kashmir government and called for fresh elections to reflect the public’s will.
- A PPP AJK parliamentary party meeting ended without agreement on a prime ministerial candidate as blocs led by Sardar Yaqoob, Latif Akbar and Chaudhry Yasin held to rival names.
- Bilawal pledged that the next AJK prime minister’s name would be announced from Kashmir rather than from Islamabad to emphasize local decision-making.
- He framed the PPP as the long-standing voice of Kashmiris and alleged the party’s prior victory was overturned overnight in the last elections.
- The no-confidence effort against the sitting AJK prime minister has been postponed again, leaving the timing and pathway to a new government uncertain.