{"id":116846,"date":"2026-07-01T16:17:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=116846"},"modified":"2026-07-01T16:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:17:34","slug":"ppp-withdraws-javed-butts-election-ticket-for-la-43-rawalpindi-valley-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ppp-withdraws-javed-butts-election-ticket-for-la-43-rawalpindi-valley-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"PPP withdraws Javed Butt&#8217;s election ticket for LA-43 Rawalpindi Valley: Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MUZAFFARABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ppp-forms-17-member-parliamentary-board-for-ajk-elections-2026\/\">PPP<\/a>) has decided to withdraw the election ticket issued to Javed Butt for the Refugee constituency, LA-43 Rawalpindi Valley, ahead of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections, according to party sources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Sources said the decision was taken after a controversial statement attributed to Javed Butt surfaced on social media. The party&#8217;s top leadership reportedly took notice of the matter and approved the cancellation of his ticket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">According to sources, the PPP has begun consultations on a replacement candidate for the constituency. Zeeshan Mehdi is expected to be nominated as the party&#8217;s new candidate from LA-43 Rawalpindi Valley, although an official announcement is yet to be made.<\/p>\n<p>Party sources said the PPP is currently reviewing its election strategy and making key decisions regarding ticket allocation as preparations for the AJK elections continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUZAFFARABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has decided to withdraw the election ticket issued to Javed Butt for the Refugee constituency, LA-43 Rawalpindi Valley, ahead of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections, according to party sources. Sources said the decision was taken after a controversial statement attributed to Javed Butt surfaced on social media. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":35133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[246],"class_list":["post-116846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-ppp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116846","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116848,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116846\/revisions\/116848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}