Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly meets in Muzaffarabad today to elect a new Prime Minister of the state for rest of the constitutional period, ending in June 2026.

The office has fallen vacant due to resignation of AJK Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has nominated Sardar Tanveer Ilyas, Member of the Legislative Assembly from Poonch Division, as candidate of the party for the office.

The opposition parties in AJK Legislative Assembly, comprising PPP and PML (N) have announced to boycott the election.

Talking to APP, leader of the opposition in Legislative Assembly and PPP leader Chaudhry Latif Akber said PPP and PML-N will boycott the election of the new Prime Minister because the session of the Assembly is unconstitutional.

Source: Radio Pakistan