CM Maryam hails PML-N's 'outstanding victory' in AJK elections, urges PPP to accept defeat

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday hailed the “outstanding victory” of the PML-N in the first phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections, urging the PPP to accept defeat.

In her televised address, CM Maryam said, “The PPP should have accepted its defeat by affirming the spirit of democracy, but I felt aggrieved by the kind of words used by PPP leaders.”

“The state does not decide election results; only the people make this decision,” she said in response to PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s allegations.

She added that when the PPP secured a majority in Gilgit-Baltistan’s elections, the PML-N acknowledged it, congratulated it and offered it the opportunity to form the government.

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