Bilawal tells reporters, \u201cdon\u2019t worry, AJK PM\u2019s announcement will be made from \u201cKashmir, not Islamabad\u201d
\n islamabad
\nPakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Friday that his party was in a position to form and take charge of the government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, whose incumbent prime minister faces a no-confidence motion.
\nIn his press conference alongside PPP leaders in Islamabad, Bilawal remained tight-lipped about his party\u2019s candidate for the prime minister\u2019s slot. \u201cDon\u2019t worry, that announcement will be made from Kashmir, not Islamabad,\u201d quipped Bilawal, the former foreign minister, when asked about the nominee\u2019s name.
\nThe PPP chief said that the new Leader of the House would be announced when the no-confidence motion is moved against the incumbent PM. The PPP chairman emphasised that his party was committed to resolving Kashmir\u2019s issues, saying that during his tenure as foreign minister, he highlighted the Kashmir issue both domestically and internationally.
\n\u201cFor three generations, the PPP has fought Kashmir\u2019s cause across the world,\u201d said Bilawal, who also led Pakistan\u2019s delegation to counter the Indian narrative after the May war.
\nBilawal claimed that the PPP had won the AJK elections during the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government\u2019s tenure in the federal government, despite facing a wide range of challenges.
\nHowever, the PPP\u2019s victory in AJK was \u201cturned into a defeat\u201d, he said. Despite the loss, the PPP continued to represent the people everywhere, he added.
\nWhile he affirmed that his party was in a position to take charge of the government, Bilawal said that the remaining term of the AJK Assembly \u201cwill be a test for the PPP\u201d.
\nThe PPP claimed securing the number required for forming a government in AJK after several members of PTI forward bloc joined its ranks.
\nThe PPP\u2019s seats jumped to 27 from 17 seats after 10 PTI lawmakers joined the party during a meeting with Faryal Talpur on October 27.
\nThe same day, PML-N \u2014 which has nine seats in the AJK Legislative Assembly \u2014 announced its support for PPP\u2019s no-confidence motion against the AJK prime minister.
\nSenior leaders from both parties, including PML-N\u2019s Rana Sanaullah and PPP\u2019s Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and Qamar Zaman Kaira, held a press conference to confirm their alliance on the no-confidence motion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bilawal tells reporters, \u201cdon\u2019t worry, AJK PM\u2019s announcement will be made from \u201cKashmir, not Islamabad\u201d islamabad Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Friday that his party was in a position to form and take charge of the government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, whose incumbent prime minister faces a no-confidence motion. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-511851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n