Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will visit Muzaffarabad, the capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday, 17 November, where he is expected to finalise the region’s 100-day development plan, Kashmir Digital reported, citing sources.
According to the report, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz will accompany the former prime minister on the visit, while Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is also expected to take part.
During the visit, the PML-N’s central leadership is expected to announce development funds worth billions of rupees, along with a series of projects aimed at the development and prosperity of Azad Kashmir, the sources said.
The sources said the visit is also being regarded as important for the PML-N’s political and organisational activities in Azad Kashmir, where the party formed the government under Prime Minister Iftikhar Gilani after the region’s 2026 elections.
Azad Kashmir ministers had said last month that the PML-N’s senior leadership was expected to visit the region soon to launch the government’s 100-day plan, and that the day of the leadership’s arrival would be treated as Day Zero of the plan, with implementation beginning from the visit. The plan covers short-, medium- and long-term development initiatives across various sectors, the ministers said.
The plan has been under preparation since the new Azad Kashmir government took office, and more details of it are expected to come out during the central leadership’s visit, the ministers said at the time.
Addressing a press conference after a cabinet meeting last month, Azad Kashmir ministers Waqar Ahmed Noor, Mustafa Bashir Abbasi, Raja Saqib Majeed and Abdul Rehman Arain said the government was preparing the 100-day plan and that the senior leadership’s visit would mark its formal launch. They said the day of the leadership’s arrival would be designated as Day Zero of the plan.
The visit comes as the Azad Kashmir government prepares to set the direction for its first phase in office, with the 100-day plan expected to lay out the government’s priorities across development, governance and public welfare.
Meanwhile, the PML-N’s Azad Kashmir chapter has begun preparations to welcome the central leadership, and arrangements for the reception in Muzaffarabad are being finalised, according to the report.
Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz addressed a large public gathering in Muzaffarabad during the election campaign earlier this year, their first visit to the region together in eight years, when the former prime minister spoke of increasing development resources for Azad Kashmir.
Further details of the 100-day plan and the development package are expected to be shared during the visit.
