ISLAMABAD, June 8: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Thursday announced its candidates for 35 out of 41 constituencies for the upcoming general elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

The names of the candidates were announced by PPP secretary general Jahangir Badar at a news conference at the party’s central secretariat. PPP MNA Naheed Khan was also present.

Mr Badar said the party had entered into an alliance with the Jammu and Kashmir People’s Party and made seat adjustments with the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal in six constituencies.

Following are the names of the candidates: Ch Umer Farooq (LA- 1 Mirpur-1); Ch Abdul Majeed (LA-2 Mirpur II); Prof Afzal Mirza Jaral (LA-3 Mirpur III city); Ch Mohammad Shafiq (LA-4 Mirpur IV); Ch Pervez Ashraf (LA-5 Barnala); Waheed Akram (LA-6 Samani); Raja Qaiser Mushtaq (LA-7 Bhimber); Aftab Anjum (LA-8 Kotli-I); Sardar Khizar Hayat (LA-9 Kotli II); Ch Mazhar Hussain (LA-10 Kotli III); Ch Mohd Yasin (LA-11 Kotli IV); Matloob Inkalabi (LA- 12 Kotli V); Raja Mubashar Ijaz (LA-13 Bagh I); Sardar Qamaruz Zaman (LA-14 Bagh II); LA-15 Bagh III (not yet decided); Khursheed Rathore (LA-16 Bagh IV); Sardar Asghar Afendi (LA-17 Poonch I); Sardar Ghulam Sadiq (LA-18 Poonch II); Sardar Ashraf Khan (LA-19 Poonch III); LA-20 Poonch IV (alliance); LA-21 Poonch Sudhnoti V (alliance); Manzoor Hussain Asim (LA-22 Poonch VI); Mian Abdul Waheed (LA-23 Neelam); Sardar Javed Ayub (LA-24 Muzaffarabad I); Bazal Hussain Naqvi (LA-25 Muzaffarabad II); Hanif Awan (LA-26 Muzaffarabad III), Ch Latif Akbar (LA-27 Muzaffarabad IV); Sahibzada Ishaq Zafar (LA-28 Muzaffarabad V); Mohammad Arif Mughal (LA-29 Muzaffarabad VI); Dr Ahsan Masood (LA-30 Jammu I); Ch Shaukat Wazir Ali (LA-31 Jammu II); Ch Shaukat Ali (LA-32 Jammu III); LA-33 Jammu IV (alliance); Ch Zubair (LA-34 Jammu V); Syed Akram Shah (LA-35 Jammu VI); Mohammad Iqbal Kashmiri (LA-36 Valley I); Ghulam Abbas Mir (LA-37 Valley II); LA-38 Valley III (Alliance); Abdul Salam Butt (LA-39 Valley IV), and Iqbal Razzaq Butt (LA-40 Valley V) and LA-41 Valley VI (alliance).