AJK Assembly Speaker Urges Consensus, Reforms on Refugee Seats
The AJK Assembly Speaker, Chaudhry Tariq Farooq, said refugee seats should be settled through dialogue and reforms, while elections in seven Poonch constituencies remain pending.
AJK Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Tariq Farooq urged broad political consensus on the future of refugee seats, saying leaders should look ahead rather than dwell on the past.
He said subsidies on electricity and flour will not be withdrawn, though relief should be targeted using data.
The second phase of cabinet formation is pending and, he said, will be completed after Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan.
Elections in seven Poonch constituencies are still pending, which he said leaves the government incomplete.
Informal talks through the AJK president aim to ease law and order and tensions in Poonch; no final decision on the seats has been reported.