{
  "id": 3946825,
  "title": "PML-N’s Iftikhar Gillani elected new AJK prime minister",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/pml-ns-iftikhar-gillani-elected-new-ajk-prime-minister",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T11:05:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40436859/pml-ns-iftikhar-gillani-elected-new-ajk-prime-minister"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Barrister Iftikhar Gillani of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party was elected as the new prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Friday, Aaj News reported. Gillani secured 30 votes during the election for the leader of the house, defeating Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Mukhtar Abbasi, who received 14 votes. The voting occurred during a session of the AJK Legislative Assembly, which currently has 46 members after seven seats from Poonch and Sudhnoti districts were left vacant due to pending elections. The PML-N, along with its allies, held the support of 32 members in the assembly, while the PPP had 14 members. Gillani, a PML-N lawmaker, was first elected to the AJK Legislative Assembly in 2011 and previously served as the education minister in the region.",
  "summary": "Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Barrister Iftikhar Gillani was elected the new prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Friday after securing 30 votes in the election for the leader of the house, Aaj News reported. A day after the PML-N nominated him as its candidate for the AJK prime minister’s post, Gillani defeated Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Mukhtar Abbasi, who…",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "AJK assembly elects PML-N's Syed Iftikhar Ali Gillani as the new prime minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/ajk-assembly-elects-pml-ns-syed-iftikhar-ali-gillani-as-the-new-prime",
        "published": "2026-08-28T10:47:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "PML-N’s Iftikhar Gilani becomes AJK premier",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/pml-ns-iftikhar-gilani-becomes-ajk-premier",
        "published": "2026-08-28T11:11:18.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}