Overview
- PML‑N formally awarded party tickets to seven reserved‑seat candidates, with Nawaz Sharif personally signing the nomination letters and leadership interviewing women aspirants in Murree.
- The party nominated Maryam Zaman, Maryam Idrees, Sehrish Qamar and Riffat Abid for women's seats, Abdul Rehman (Arain) for the overseas Kashmiris seat, Syed Iftikhar Ali Gilani for the technocrat seat, and Maulana Mazhar Saeed for the Ulema and Mashaikh seat.
- Under the AJK Election Commission timetable candidates must file nomination papers on August 20, the final list will be published on August 23, and the reserved‑seat polling will be held at the assembly on August 24.
- If PML‑N secures the reserved seats it is contesting and keeps support from allied members its strength is projected to reach about 32 seats but final control depends on the reserved‑seat vote and unresolved territorial polls in Poonch and Sudhnoti.
- The PPP has not yet publicly confirmed candidates for the women’s seats it is expected to win, and PML‑N sources say the party will vigorously contest only three women's slots which could shape negotiated seat allocations and the new government's composition.