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Election time: Ex-PM Benazir Bhuttoâs daughter Aseefa Bhutto Zardari has been campaigning for the Pakistan Peopleâs Party in Muzaffarabad. Twitter
Luv Puri
Journalist and author
PAKISTAN-OCCUPIED Jammu and Kashmir, a sliver of the undivided princely state that has been under Pakistan’s occupation since 1947, goes to the polls tomorrow. Over 32 lakh voters in a region with a population of 43 lakh will elect a 53-member Assembly for a five-year term.
Of the 53 seats, 45 are general, while eight are reserved for women, technocrats and religious scholars. The region is usually part of the international narrative in the context of being described as a training ground for terrorist groups that are proscribed by various countries and multilateral bodies.