The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has announced the names of its candidates for the 2026 elections of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly.
According to the party announcement, PPP has nominated Afsar Shahid from LA-1 Mirpur-I, Qasim Majeed from LA-2 Mirpur-II (Chakswari), Yasar Sultan from LA-3 Mirpur-III (Mirpur City), and Chaudhry Sohaib Arshad from LA-4 Mirpur-IV (Khari Sharif).
For Bhimber and Kotli constituencies, the party has fielded Chaudhry Pervez Ashraf from LA-5 Bhimber-I (Barnala), Malik Zafar from LA-8 Kotli-I (Raj Mahal), Javed Iqbal Bhadhana from LA-9 Kotli-II (Nakyal), Chaudhry Yasin from LA-10 Kotli-III (Kotli), Chaudhry Akhlaq from LA-11 Kotli-IV (Sehensa), and Chaudhry Yasin from LA-12 Kotli-V (Charhoi).
In Poonch, Bagh and Sudhnoti constituencies, PPP has nominated Sardar Qamar Zaman from LA-16 Bagh-III (Sharqi), Faisal Mumtaz Rathore from LA-17 Bagh-IV (Haveli), Sardar Amjad Yousaf from LA-18 Sudhnoti-Poonch-I, Sardar Saud Sadiq from LA-19 Sudhnoti-Poonch-II (Hajira), Sardar Yaqoob from LA-20 Sudhnoti-Poonch-III (Khaigala), Sardar Muhammad Abid Khan from LA-21 Rawalakot City, and Sardar Faheem Akhtar Rabbani from LA-24 Sudhnoti-Poonch-VII (Baloch).
For Muzaffarabad and Neelum Valley, the party has named Mian Abdul Waheed from LA-26 Lower Neelum, Sardar Javed Ayub from LA-27 Katla, Syed Bazil Naqvi from LA-28 Muzaffarabad-II, Sardar Mukhtar Ahmed Khan from LA-29 Muzaffarabad City, Mubashir Munir Awan from LA-30 Hattian Dupatta, Ashfaq Zafar from LA-32 Chakar, and Dewan Ali Chughtai from LA-33 Leepa.
For refugee constituencies, PPP has nominated Colonel (Retd) Qadeer Chauhan from LA-34 Jammu-I (Jhang, Lahore, Sindh and Balochistan), Chaudhry Asif Gujjar from LA-35 Jammu-II (Gujranwala), Chaudhry Ahsan Ismail Gujjar from LA-36 Jammu-III (Sialkot), Shaheen Kausar Dar from LA-37 Jammu-IV (Narowal-Shakargarh), Raja Shahid Iqbal Advocate from LA-38 Jammu-V (Gujrat-Wazirabad), and Chaudhry Fakhar Zaman from LA-39 Jammu-VI (Jhelum, Rawalpindi and Attock).
For Valley constituencies, PPP has nominated Amir Abdul Ghaffar Lone from LA-40 Valley-I (Karachi), Ghulam Abbas Mir from LA-41 Valley-II (Lahore), Javed Butt from LA-43 Valley-IV (Rawalpindi), Muhammad Rashid Islam Butt from LA-44 Valley-V (Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Attock), and Abdul Majeed Khan from LA-45 Valley-VI (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).
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