MUZAFFARABAD, 24 August, 2026 (Nosheen): Polling for the special seats of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly will be held today at the Assembly Hall in Muzaffarabad. According to the Election Commission spokesperson, polling will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 1 p.m. Abdul Rehman Arain has already been elected unopposed to the seat reserved for overseas Kashmiris. Arain submitted his nomination papers on behalf of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), while the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) did not field a candidate against him. The Election Commission spokesperson said six candidates are contesting five seats reserved for women. The PML-N nominated four women candidates, while the PPP nominated three. However, PPP candidate Shaheen Kausar Dar later withdrew her nomination papers. For the technocrat seat, PPP’s Sahibzada Zulfiqar Ali and PML-N’s Barrister Iftikhar Gilani are contesting against each other. Meanwhile, PML-N’s Mazhar Saeed and PPP’s Hafiz Tariq Mahmood are contesting the seat reserved for Ulema and Mashaikh. The polling process is expected to determine the remaining special-seat representation in the AJK Legislative Assembly.