{
  "id": 9553982,
  "title": "PML-N Candidate Elected as AJK President for 5-Year Term",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/pml-n-candidate-elected-as-ajk-president-for-5-year-term",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T11:59:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ProPakistani",
    "slug": "propakistani",
    "url": "https://propakistani.pk/2026/09/24/pml-n-candidate-elected-as-ajk-president-for-5-year-term/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dr. Muhammad Najeeb Naqi, nominated by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has been elected as the President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) for a five-year term. The presidential election took place on Thursday at the AJK Legislative Assembly, with Naqi receiving 32 votes, outpacing Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Chaudhry Latif Akbar, who garnered 13 votes. One Assembly member was absent during the voting process. Naqi's 32 votes were split, with 31 coming from PML-N lawmakers and the remaining from a member of the Jammu Kashmir Awami Dast-o-Bazu (JKADB). The vacancy in the presidential post had persisted since January following the demise of Barrister Sultan Mahmood. The 46-member AJK Assembly comprises 31 PML-N lawmakers and 14 PPP members, in addition to one JKADB representative. Prior to his election as President, Dr. Naqi served as the Health Minister of AJK twice under the PML-N government, first from 2006 to 2011 and then from 2016 to 2021. In the recent AJK general elections, the PML-N secured 25 seats, while the PPP achieved 11. The PML-N's seats increased to 31 following reserved-seat elections. Prior to his presidential victory, Iftikhar Gilani, a PML-N leader, was sworn in as the AJK Prime Minister on August 28 after securing 30 votes, surpassing PPP candidate Sardar Mukhtar Khan's 14 votes.",
  "summary": "Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) nominee Dr. Muhammad Najeeb Naqi has been elected president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) for … Read More The post PML-N Candidate Elected as AJK President for 5-Year Term appeared first on ProPakistani .",
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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."
}