• Raja Pervez Ashraf confident of party’s victory in coming polls• Warns India will ‘pay a heavy price’ if it attempts to stop Pakistan’s share of water
LAHORE: The issue of refugee seats is constitutional in nature and would be decided by the upcoming Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly, former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said on Thursday.
Addressing a press conference, the PPP central Punjab president expressed the confidence that his party would secure a convincing victory in the upcoming AJK elections, adding that only free, fair and transparent elections could help address the region’s issues.
He also announced that PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari would soon visit the region.
Ashraf reiterated that the PPP believed in peaceful political struggle and said the current situation demanded comprehensive political dialogue involving all political forces.
