{"id":130267,"date":"2026-07-28T18:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=130267"},"modified":"2026-07-28T19:05:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:05:51","slug":"cm-maryam-hails-pml-ns-outstanding-victory-in-ajk-elections-urges-ppp-to-accept-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/130267\/","title":{"rendered":"CM Maryam hails PML-N&#8217;s &#8216;outstanding victory&#8217; in AJK elections, urges PPP to accept defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lahore(National Times)- Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday hailed the \u201coutstanding victory\u201d of the PML-N in the first phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections, urging the PPP to accept defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In her televised address, CM Maryam said, \u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe state does not decide election results; only the people make this decision,\u201d she said in response to PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari\u2019s allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She added that when the PPP secured a majority in Gilgit-Baltistan\u2019s elections, the PML-N acknowledged it, congratulated it and offered it the opportunity to form the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow you are alleging PML-N of rigging; when you won the GB election, there was no rigging there, but as you have lost the AJK election badly, you are now levelling rigging allegations,\u201d CM Maryam said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The provincial chief executive further said that the PPP should have worked on its performance, built its narrative and presented a programme for the people. \u201cNeither did you have the narrative, nor the performance, nor a programme for the people of AJK or any record of your governance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Punjab chief minister added that the \u201ccontinuity\u201d the PPP received in Sindh could never be achieved by any other party. \u201cDespite this, you had no project to show from Sindh; you could not tell [people about] your performance and could not give a roadmap of the future to the people of AJK.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you want to get votes, you cannot cry before the people; the people are much more aware these days.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore(National Times)- Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday hailed the \u201coutstanding victory\u201d 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, \u201cThe PPP should have accepted its defeat by affirming the spirit of democracy, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest_news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CM Maryam hails PML-N&#039;s &#039;outstanding victory&#039; in AJK elections, urges PPP to accept defeat - Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/130267\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CM Maryam hails PML-N&#039;s &#039;outstanding victory&#039; in AJK elections, urges PPP to accept defeat - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore(National Times)- Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday hailed the \u201coutstanding victory\u201d of the PML-N in the first phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections, urging the PPP to accept defeat. 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