Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) nominee Dr Muhammad Najeeb Naqi has been elected president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) for a five-year term.
He secured victory in Thursday’s presidential election, defeating Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Chaudhry Latif Akbar, following the polling held at the AJK Legislative Assembly.
The election fills the constitutional post that had remained vacant since January following the death of Barrister Sultan Mahmood.
The 46-member AJK Assembly has 31 PML-N lawmakers, excluding Speaker Chaudhry Tariq Farooq, while the PPP has 14 members.
Naqi served as AJK health minister from 2006 to 2011 and later held the same portfolio in the PML-N government from 2016 to 2021.
This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.
