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Muslim Conference wins AJK elections
 MUZAFFARABAD: Unofficial results of the elections to the Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Wednesday showed the AJK Muslim Conference (MC) having emerged victorious, although with several cabinet ministers defeated in the polls, AP reported on Wednesday. The MC won 20 of the 41 contested constituencies, said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Riaz Akhtar Chaudhry, citing unofficial results from polling stations. The commission still has to verify the results, which will be officially announced on Thursday.The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Azad Kashmir was trailing with seven seats, the Peoples Muslim League was set to win four seats, independent candidates won six seats, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement two and the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Party one seat, Sheikh said. The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) fielded 33 candidates in the elections and all of them lost. Sheikh said that voting in one constituency (LA-33) had been postponed because of allegations of rigging. PPP AJK President Ishaq Zafar said that there had been some rigging at polling stations outside Muzaffarabad. The results are unclear as there is no clear majority for any party and we could have a hung parliament and a coalition government, he said. The newly elected lawmakers will vote later to fill eight other seats five of them reserved for women in the 49-member Kashmir legislature. The Muslim Conference, which supports Kashmirs merger with Pakistan, currently has 33 seats in the legislature. Govt rigged AJK elections: MMA The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) on Wednesday claimed that the federal government and agencies have sabotaged the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections. MMA Deputy Secretary General Liaqat Baloch demanded that the government declare the elections null and void and form a government in AJK, representing all political parties.
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