Mirpur: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah Khan on Saturday said the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) would continue working with the federal government ‘on the same terms’, while urging voters in Poonch Division to support PML-N candidates in the third and final phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) general elections.
Addressing an election rally in Haveli, Rana Sanaullah said Kashmir was an inseparable part of Pakistan’s identity and no power could weaken the ‘invincible bond’ between Kashmir and Pakistan. He said the PML-N needed six more seats to secure a two-thirds majority in the AJK Legislative Assembly and expressed confidence that four ‘lions’ would be elected from the area in the scheduled polls.
Referring to the proscribed Jammu Kashmir Awami Action Committee, the PML-N leader said many people associated with the organisation were ‘our brothers and patriots’, but alleged that some elements were pursuing someone else’s agenda. Without naming Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, he remarked that ‘those leading the countdown will eventually straighten themselves and their numbers will also be set right’, in an apparent reference to his political opponents.
Rana Sanaullah said a PML-N government in AJK would prioritise public issues and work to resolve longstanding problems of the region.
Criticising the PPP, he alleged that the party levelled rigging allegations whenever it lost an election. He urged voters to exercise their right responsibly and support candidates capable of ensuring development, good governance and resolution of public grievances, reiterating that Pakistan was incomplete without Kashmir and that the bond between the two could not be weakened by any force.
