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PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, whose party holds the majority in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly, said on Sunday he would meet Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif over the current situation in AJK, asserting that issues would be resolved through talks.
He said this while presiding over a meeting of the PPP AJK parliamentary party in Islamabad, a statement issued by the PPP said.
The meeting was held as tensions gripped AJK, with the region’s government declaring the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) a proscribed organisation and the latter insisting on its demand to abolish 12 refugee seats in the AJK Legislative Assembly. The group also plans to hold a protest on June 9, days ahead of June 27 elections in the region.
The PPP statement said the partys political affairs in-charge Faryal Talpur was also present at the meeting on Sunday where the political situation in AJK was reviewed.
