Pakistan, Aug. 3 -- Punjab Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb has rejected allegations of rigging in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections, saying the claims surfaced because the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was leading in the polls. She said the party's strong electoral performance reflected public support and argued that the election results should be respected. Her remarks came as political parties continued exchanging accusations over the conduct of the second phase of polling.

Aurangzeb compared the current situation with the recent Gilgit-Baltistan elections, recalling that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had congratulated the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) after its victory there. She said the PML-N had accepted those res...