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MUZAFFARABAD, August 23, 2026: The Election Commission has released details of the reserved seats in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly, ARY News reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n According to reports, a total of seven candidates had filed nomination papers for five reserved seats for women, according to the Election Commission.<\/p>\n Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Shaheen Kausar Dar has withdrawn her nomination papers.<\/p>\n The PML-N candidates for the women\u2019s reserved seats are Rifat Abid, Maryam Idrees, Maryam Zaman and Sehrish Qamar, while PPP\u2019s Zobia Khursheed is also contesting the reserved seat.<\/p>\n For the one reserved seat for Ulema and Mashaikh, Hafiz Tariq Mahmood and Muhammad Mazhar Saeed are competing against each other.<\/p>\n For the one reserved seat for technocrats and professionals, Iftikhar Gilani and Sahibzada Zulfiqar are contesting, according to the spokesperson.<\/p>\n Only one candidate\u2019s nomination papers were approved for the reserved seat for overseas Kashmiris. The Election Commission said the overseas Kashmiris\u2019 seat has already been filled unopposed.<\/p>\n Polling for the reserved seats will be held tomorrow from 10am to 1pm in the Assembly Hall, the Election Commission said.<\/p>\n Earlier, newly elected Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly member from LA-14 Bagh-West (Dhirkot), Sardar Sajid Iqbal Abbasi, has decided to join the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).<\/p>\n Abbasi, who contested the election from LA-14 Bagh-I (Dhirkot) on the Awami Dast-o-Bazoo Party ticket, is expected to formally announce his decision to join the PML-N today.<\/p>\n The development is being seen as another political gain for the PML-N following the AJK elections.<\/p>\n Abbasi defeated Muslim Conference president Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, a constituency from where he, and before him his uncle and father, had been elected in all nine elections since 1985.<\/p>\n The notification confirming Sajid Iqbal Abbasi\u2019s election from LA-14 Bagh-I (Dhirkot) has also been issued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n