MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Azad Kashmir’s parliamentary leader, Khawaja Farooq Ahmed has said that the parliamentary board’s recommendations will not be final, and that the central leadership will decide on tickets in the upcoming AJK elections.
Khawaja Farooq, who is also a member of the PTI AJK parliamentary board, informed workers and leaders that the parliamentary board has started accepting applications from candidates for the upcoming 2026 elections from April 15.
Applications can be submitted at the board’s central office in Upper Chhatar until April 25.
Khawaja Farooq Ahmed said that after April 25, all candidates will be interviewed, and then the names of the candidates recommended by the board will be sent to the central party, which will also scrutinize these recommended names and send them to founding chairman Imran Khan for final approval.
Khawaja Farooq Ahmed said that the parliamentary board’s recommendations will not be final, and that the central party will thoroughly scrutinize these recommendations so that tickets could be issued only to Imran Khan’s ‘loyal companions’ in the upcoming elections.
“PTI to win elections”
He said that those who think that Imran Khan is imprisoned and it will be difficult for PTI to win the elections in Azad Kashmir should keep in mind that on February 8, 2024 also, Imran Khan was in jail, and PTI achieved a landslide victory. “The Form 47 tactic will not work here.”
Whether Imran Khan’s bat symbol is available or not, Imran Khan’s name will be our electoral symbol, and the candidates who will be fielded in the elections will prove to be 100 percent companions of Imran Khan in every difficulty and every test.
He said that just like on February 8, 2024, in July 2026, the silent voter of PTI and Imran Khan will give a similar surprise to PML-N and PPP, proving that Imran Khan is and will remain the voice of Kashmiris. It should be noted that ‘ideological’ workers have stood against the parliamentary board formation.
