Sham polls in IIOJK no substitute for right to self-determination: AJK PM
Islamabad: The Prime Minister of Azad Jammu Kashmir Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq has said that sham polls held in the disputed territory cannot be a substitute for Kashmiris’ birthright to self-determination.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq was talking to former AJK Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan at his (Tanveer Ilyas) Islamabad residence.
Both the leaders discussed, in detail, the prevailing political and human rights situation in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
He also rejected the ongoing so-called election drama being staged by the Indian government in the occupied territory under the vigil of over a million Indian military and paramilitary troops.
The AJK PM was accompanied by the AJK State Education Minister Diwan Ali Khan Chaghtai, Health Minister Dr. Nisar Ansar Abdali, Information Minister Pir Mazhar Saeed Shah, Member AJK Legislative Assembly Chaudhry Ali Shan Soni, Sardar Ahmad Sagheer, and Sardar Iftikhar Rashid on the occasion.
