MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Election Commission has announced to hold the election for AJK’s president on August 17.
According to the schedule, the nomination papers for the presidential candidate are to be submitted on August 12 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM and will be scrutinised on the same day.Â
The nomination papers could be withdrawn on August 16 till 11:30 AM accordingly. The polling will be held on August 17 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.          Â
Meanwhile, the election commission has also announced the schedule for the election for the seats of four members of Azad Jammu and Kashmir council. The polling for the election of four members will be held on August 23 at Assembly Hall from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
The newly-elected president will take oath on August 24, as the outgoing President Sardar Masood Khan’s tenure will end on the same day.
Last week, PTI candidate Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi was elected as the new prime minister of Azad Kashmir by a comfortable margin.
President AJK Sardar Masood Khan administered the oath after which he became the 13th prime minister of the region
Niazi secured the premiership by a comfortable margin and received 33 votes. PPP and PML-N’s joint candidate, Chaudhry Lateef Akbar, managed to win only 15 votes.
Niazi won the AJK polls from the LA-18 constituency. He was not among the leading candidates for the prized post. Initially, Barrister Sultan Mahmood and Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan were being considered as the AJK PM.
The PTI emerged victorious after the recently-held Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections, bagging a total of 32 seats in the assembly.
