Pakistan, Aug. 4 -- PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has strongly rejected the recently held Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections, alleging they were heavily rigged and declaring that the federal government's "countdown has begun." In a video message, he claimed the polls were neither free nor fair and accused authorities of manipulating the electoral process. Despite the allegations, he congratulated party workers for winning nine seats and praised their efforts under difficult circumstances.

Bilawal described the elections as "rigged," "bullet," "murderous," and "bloody," claiming the democratic process had been seriously compromised. Moreover, he vowed that the PPP would continue its political and legal struggle to reclaim what h...