Muzzafarabad, April 18 (Online): PTI’s Sardar Tanveer Ilyas elected new prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Monday.
The election was held in the legislative assembly presided over by Speaker Chaudhry Anwarul Haq.
The session was convened by President Barrister Sultan Mahmood under Article 16(3) of the AJK Constitution for the second time in less than 48 hours as the previous summary lacked the executive approval of the then prime minister.
Earlier in the day, the opposition addressed a press conference and expressed its intent to boycott the session prior to its commencement.
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