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This file photo shows new AJK PM Abdul Qayyum Niazi (right) with Pakistan Prime Minister and PTI leader Imran Khan. Photo courtesy: Farrukh Habib Twitter
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf s Abdul Qayyum Niazi was on Wednesday elected the 13th prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
He received 33 votes in the newly formed Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, whereas joint opposition s candidate Chaudhry Latif Akbar garnered 15 votes.
Niazi succeeds PML-N s Raja Farooq Haider, whose tenure in the AJK PM s office had ended on July 30.
Earlier in the day, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry announced that Prime Minister Imran Khan had nominated Niazi as the ruling party s candidate for the position.
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