Overview
- PML-N AJK President Shah Ghulam Qadir said the party will sit on opposition benches and will not join any new government.
- The party called for transparent general elections and warned that members who defy its policy will face disciplinary action.
- The PPP says it has secured support from 33 MLAs and plans to table a no-confidence motion, asserting the next premier would come from its ranks.
- AJK’s 53-member assembly requires 27 votes to carry a no-confidence motion; PPP holds 17 seats and PML-N holds 9.
- The political realignment follows recent protest unrest and an October 5 federal agreement with JAAC, after which several Haq cabinet ministers resigned.