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MUZAFFARABAD,
July 29 : All Jammu Kashmir Muslim conference’s head Sardar
Attique Ahmad Khan has swear Thursday as fourth Prime Minister (PM) of
AJK during the current tenure of the Legislative Assembly (LA).
AJK-President Raja Zulqarnain Khan administered the oath to him in a
ceremony held at President House Muzaffarabad, which was attended by
Politicians, high officials and a number of party workers. Earlier, AJK
LA had elected Sardar Attique as ninth PM of AJK after the resignation
of Raja Farooq Haider Khan.
Sardar Attique Ahmad Khan secured 39 votes out of 49 members house
including Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Peoples Muslim League of former
PM Sultan Mehmmood Chudhary and a group of independently elected
legislators known as friends group.
Outgoing PM Raja Farooq Haider and nine other legislators of his group including speaker did not participate in the voting process.
After election, Sardar Attique said rehabilitation and reconstruction of the earthquake area would be his first priority besides establishing good governance in the territory and high lighting the Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir on diplomatic front.
Talking to journalists on the occasion, he said he would continue the job from where he left it a year ago when he was ousted from the premiership through a no-trust motion.
Outgoing PM Raja Farooq Haider and nine other legislators of his group including speaker did not participate in the voting process.
After election, Sardar Attique said rehabilitation and reconstruction of the earthquake area would be his first priority besides establishing good governance in the territory and high lighting the Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir on diplomatic front.
Talking to journalists on the occasion, he said he would continue the job from where he left it a year ago when he was ousted from the premiership through a no-trust motion.
