'Azad Kashmir is as dear to me as Punjab': Nawaz Sharif kicks off election campaign
Home Nawaz Sharif vows to resolve AJK issues, pledges tenfold budget increase if party forms government The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday launched its election campaign for the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) polls, with Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz aiming at the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), her party's ally in the federal government, for failing to resolve the region's issues despite being in power there. Addressing a public gathering in Muzaffarabad, Maryam promised to replicate Punjab's development model in AJK, announcing a package of welfare and infrastructure initiatives, including the introduction of electric buses, mobile hospitals and social protection schemes, while urging voters to elect the PML-N in the July 27 legislative assembly elections. Announcing what she described as "gifts" for the people of Muzaffarabad, the Punjab chief minister said 10 green electric buses would be provided for the AJK capital, while 15 "hospitals on wheels" mobile hospitals would be launched to improve healthcare services in remote areas.
Published: July 21, 2026 2:14 pm
Source: The Express Tribune — Read original