Newly elected members of AJK Legislative Assembly take oath of office
MUZAFFARABAD: Newly elected members of the AJK Legislative Assembly were administered the oath of office by outgoing Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar on Monday. Assembly Secretary Amjed Latif Abbasi read out the notifications of the 38 members elected from the territorial and refugee constituencies in the phased elections, as well as those of the eight members elected by them on reserved seats.…
Muzzafarabad: On Monday, the newly elected members of the AJK Legislative Assembly took their oath of office, administered by outgoing Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar. Secretary Amjed Latif Abbasi read out the notifications of the 38 members elected through territorial and refugee constituencies, along with the eight members chosen by them on reserved seats.
The members, in the order of their constituencies, then signed the oath register after the notification of the results. PML-N's Ahmed Raza Qadri moved a motion seeking the suspension of certain election rules, but the PPP's Abdul Majid Khan noted that the PML-N should avoid conducting the session on the 12th of Rabi-ul-Awwal due to respect for the Prophet Muhammad's birthday.
The chair confirmed that holding the session on that day would not cause harm. PML-N won five seats, while the PPP won two of the seven reserved seats in the election. Under the AJK Constitution, the Legislative Assembly consists of 53 members, including 45 directly elected and eight reserved seats for women, Ulema-i-Din, Jammu and Kashmir State subjects residing abroad, and technocrats.
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