{"id":126877,"date":"2026-06-02T17:49:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=126877"},"modified":"2026-06-02T17:49:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:49:57","slug":"ajk-to-host-multiparty-conference-on-refugee-seats-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/126877\/","title":{"rendered":"AJK to host multiparty conference on refugee seats tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MUZAFFARABAD(National Times)- The ruling PPP and the opposition PML-N in Azad Jammu and Kashmir will jointly host a multiparty conference (MPC) in Muzaffarabad on Wednesday to seek the views of political and other stakeholders on a contentious demand by a rights movement for the abolition of 12 Legislative Assembly seats reserved for Pakistan-based refugees from Indian-occupied territory of the erstwhile princely state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, PM\u2019s Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah, ex-PM Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and former federal minister Qamar Zaman Kaira. AJK Prime Minister Faisal Mumtaz Rathore, Leader of the Opposition and PML-N AJK President Shah Ghulam Qadir, and the party\u2019s secretary general Chaudhry Tariq Farooq represented the Kashmiri leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to sources, the participants agreed that all political and religio-political parties and organisations with a stake in the issue would be invited to attend the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forum aims to gather views on demand to abolish 12 refugee seats<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sources said the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) would also be invited to present its viewpoint before representatives of the broader political spectrum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting resolved that there would be \u201cno compromise on the government of Pakistan\u2019s principled position on the issue of Kashmir\u201d, the sources said, declining to divulge further details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposal to convene an MPC was first floated during marathon but ultimately unsuccessful negotiations between a federal government team and the JAAC in Muzaffarabad on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to reliable sources, the federal team, with the support of local PPP and PML-N leaders, had presented four options to the committee\u2019s core members. These included convening an MPC on the issue, holding a referendum to ascertain public opinion, filing a reference before the AJK Supreme Court, or contesting the forthcoming elections on the issue and seeking a mandate from the electorate to abolish the refugee seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The JAAC leadership rejected all four proposals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response, the committee reiterated its demand for the abolition of the refugee seats. It also called for the election schedule to be withheld until fresh population-based delimitation was carried out and electoral reforms were introduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposal to hold an MPC was announced by Mr Sanaullah shortly after the talks ended in a deadlock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUZAFFARABAD(National Times)- The ruling PPP and the opposition PML-N in Azad Jammu and Kashmir will jointly host a multiparty conference (MPC) in Muzaffarabad on Wednesday to seek the views of political and other stakeholders on a contentious demand by a rights movement for the abolition of 12 Legislative Assembly seats reserved for Pakistan-based refugees from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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