The PoJK region has been witnessing protests for several months over 12 contentious refugee seats, triggering a crackdown by security forces. Bilawal had also charged PML-N of using bribery in these elections as it sent some electric buses from Punjab to PoJK and termed them as gifts. In one ridiculous report about how casualties may have happened in the POJK region, one media house said the deaths of JAAC may have happened due to fall of ripe walnuts on their heads. All territories of J&K, including the entire POJK as also Gilgit-Baltistan region, have been in illegal possession of Pakistan for the past several decades. There are 53 seats in the PoJK legislative assembly, of which 45 are directly elected, while eight are reserved for women, technocrats and clerics.