AJK PMLN minister joins PTI ahead of polls

ISLAMABAD: Ahead of the elections, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) has suffered a major blow in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), as Forest Minister Sardar Mir Akbar Khan from Bagh district has joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He had a meeting with PTI

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Chief Organiser Senator Saifullah Khan Nyazee. Minister for Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Affairs Ali Amin Gandapur and Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Tanveer Ilyas were also present.

Sardar Mir Akbar Khan expressed full confidence in the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan and the PTI manifesto. He said the manner in which PM Imran Khan presented the case of the people of Kashmir before the world was commendable.

Welcoming the PMLN leader’s decision, Saifullah said the PTI was the most popular political force in AJK.

It was also announced that Mir Akbar Khan would be nominated as a PTI candidate from LA-16 Bagh.