PM Imran names Abdul Qayyum Niazi for AJK PM slot
PTI AJK lawmaker Abdul Qayyum Niazi. File photo
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has nominated Abdul Qayyum Niazi as the PTI candidate for the slot of Azad Kashmir Prime Minister on Wednesday, Geo News reported.
After considerable consultations and suggestions , PM Imran Khan has decided to nominated Qayyum Niazi for the key post, said Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry.
In his Tweet, Fawad Chaudhry said, He [Niazi] is a vibrant, genuine political worker whose heart beats with the party s political workers.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (AJLA) will elect its 13th prime minister at 2pm today.
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Qamar Zaman Kaira greeted the party’s AJK chapter over what he said was a glorious success in the polls. Dawn/File
LAHORE: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is in a jubilation mode over its success in Sunday’s Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly polls, and predicts it to be a starting point for the rise of the party in the next national elections.
The party more than tripled its strength from three in the previous assembly to 11 this time in AJK.
Former federal minister for Kashmir affairs Qamar Zaman Kaira greeted the party’s AJK chapter over what he said was a glorious success in the polls, and said it gave the message that a new era for the party was about to begin where Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari would be leading the country.