G-B legislative assembly: JI to contest elections from 10 constituencies

The chief election office said it would announce the election schedule in a couple of days


Our Correspondent April 18, 2015
Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly. PHOTO: FILE

GILGIT:


Jamaat-e-Islami has announced the party will contest the Gilgit-Baltistan legislative assembly elections from 10 constituencies out of 24.


“We have decided to field candidates in 10 constituencies of G-B,” said a senior JI leader, Advocate Noorul Bari, during a news conference at Gilgit Press Club on Saturday.


On Friday, the G-B Council notified June 8 as the date for election as was proposed by the regional government. However, the chief election office said it would announce the election schedule in a couple of days.


The JI leader criticised Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for announcing “fake projects” at a time when the elections were right around the corner. Bari added PML-N was trying to rig the elections and the appointment of a sitting federal minister as the governor of G-B only highlights this fact.


Published in The Express Tribune, April 19th, 2015.

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