AJK Polls: PPP Alleges Malpractices, Demands Fairness in Second Phase

The second phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections saw the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) intensify its allegations of electoral malpractices, calling on the Election Commission to ensure fairness amid claims of ballot stuffing and polling agent exclusion....

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