Srinagar, May 21 -- Reserved seats in PoJK remain controversial, as 12 of the 53 seats are allocated to refugees settled across Pakistan rather than to local residents. Critics allege that these seats help Islamabad influence elections, maintain political control, and project its Kashmir narrative internationally, while limiting genuine representation and suppressing opposition voices in the region. When I was a kid, I used to feel amazed whenever I heard that there was another Kashmir in Pakistan which they called Azad or Free Kashmir. I used to wonder why it had the prefix "Azad." No other territory had a similar title like Azad Punjab or Azad Bengal. Why only Kashmir? It made me feel that perhaps they were freer or had something extra ...