Barrister Iftikhar Gilani elected 17th AJK prime minister
Gilani won after PML-N secured a majority in the assembly, while rival Mukhtar Ahmed Abbasi got 14 votes, officials said.
- On Friday, the AJK Legislative Assembly elected Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate Barrister Syed Iftikhar Ali Gillani as prime minister, securing 30 of 44 votes against Pakistan Peoples Party rival Sardar Mukhtar Ahmad Khan Abbasi, who received 14.
- Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif nominated Gillani after the PML-N secured a majority in elections held between July 27 and August 10, winning 25 of 45 directly contested constituencies to establish commanding parliamentary strength.
- Internal party divisions emerged when PML-N AJK President Shah Ghulam Qadir expressed reservations over the nomination and boycotted Friday's session, refusing to vote or attend assembly proceedings alongside former prime minister Raja Farooq Haider.
- Gillani, a barrister previously serving five years as education minister, was inducted on a technocrat seat after losing the direct election, marking an unconventional path to the prime minister's office.
- The election marks the PML-N's return to power in the region after a decade, while the PPP rejected federal coalition offers and chose opposition benches, reshaping the political landscape following months of protest activity.
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PML-N's Iftikhar Ali Gilani has been elected Prime Minister of PoK. He received 30 out of 44 votes. The party appointed Gilani to this position amid speculation that Nawaz Sharif might become Prime Minister.
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Barrister Syed Iftikhar Ali Gillani of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) in Muzaffarabad on August 28. He got 30 votes as against 14 bagged by his Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) rival Sardar Mukhtar Ahmed Abbasi out of the 44 votes polled in the legislative assembly. There are at present 46 members in the assembly but two members did not exercise their vote on this occasion. I…
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