Pakistan, May 31 -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Saturday wrote to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Appellate Court of Gilgit-Baltistan, urging immediate judicial intervention to ensure transparency in the upcoming GB elections amid what he described as an "alarming" deterioration in the electoral environment.

The move came amid a series of reported incidents involving PTI leaders during the ongoing election campaign in the mountainous region.

PTI senior leader Asad Qaiser on Saturday claimed he was prevented from reaching Islamabad airport, resulting in him missing his flight to Skardu in connection with the election campaign.

The incident followed the expulsion of PTI MNA Junaid Akbar and his team from GB a day ...