{"id":115896,"date":"2026-06-20T14:12:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=115896"},"modified":"2026-06-20T14:12:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:12:38","slug":"hunza-pti-backed-independent-candidate-neknam-karim-joins-peoples-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/hunza-pti-backed-independent-candidate-neknam-karim-joins-peoples-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunza: PTI-backed independent candidate Neknam Karim joins Peoples Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HUNZA: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed independent candidate from Hunza, Neknam Karim, has joined the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).<\/p>\n<p>According to details, Neknam Karim submitted a certificate to the<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ajk-elections-govt-opposition-agree-on-chief-election-commissioner-panel\/\"> Election Commissioner<\/a> regarding his new political affiliation, which has been received by the Election Commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Election Commission Gilgit-Baltistan has declared the Istiqlab Pakistan Party (IPP) eligible for reserved seats.<\/p>\n<p>The Election Commission rejected the application filed by the Pakistan Peoples Party and did not accept the request to deprive the IPP of reserved seats. The PPP had taken a stand in its application that the Istiqlab Pakistan Party should not be given reserved seats, however, the Election Commission rejected the application.<\/p>\n<p>According to political observers, significant changes are expected in the political situation of Gilgit-Baltistan after Neknam Karim joined the PPP and the Election Commission\u2019s decision regarding reserved seats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HUNZA: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed independent candidate from Hunza, Neknam Karim, has joined the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). According to details, Neknam Karim submitted a certificate to the Election Commissioner regarding his new political affiliation, which has been received by the Election Commissioner. Meanwhile, the Election Commission Gilgit-Baltistan has declared the Istiqlab Pakistan Party (IPP) eligible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":93520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[43178],"class_list":["post-115896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-peoples-party"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115897,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115896\/revisions\/115897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}