Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore was sworn in as the 16th prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. He took the oath a day after lawmakers removed Chaudhry Anwarul Haq through a no-confidence vote. The ceremony was held at the President’s House in Muzaffarabad. AJK Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar administered the oath because […]
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Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore sworn in as new AJK prime minister
Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore took oath on Tuesday as the 16th prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), a day after he was elected through a vote of no-confidence against former premier Chaudhry Anwarul Haq. The oath-taking ceremony was held at the President’s House in Muzaffarabad, with AJK Legislative Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar […]
Raja Faisal Mumtaz elected new Azad Kashmir PM
Muzaffarabad: Azad Kashmir’s Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq was removed after a successful no-confidence vote. Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore was elected the new prime minister. The motion passed with overwhelming support in the assembly session. The no-confidence motion was presented during a session of the Azad Kashmir Assembly chaired by Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar. Faisal Mumtaz […]
AJK assembly set to vote on PM Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq’s no-confidence motion
MUZAFFARABAD – The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly is set to vote today on a no-confidence motion filed against Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq. A special session of the assembly will commence at 3pm under the chairmanship of Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar. The resolution for the vote of no-confidence was submitted last Friday. Read […]
Individual votes cast by MNA members in a no-trust proceeding are meaningless
Justice Munib Akhtar of the Supreme Court noted on Monday that a member’s individual vote in a no-confidence proceeding is considered a “collective right” after joining a political party. Members’ individual votes have no “status” under Article 95(ii), which deals with how a no-confidence motion against the prime minister is brought in. He added that […]
Spain to swear in new pro-EU government dominated by women
Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s new pro-EU government will be sworn in on Thursday with the most women in modern history, with 11 female and six male ministers. The new executive composed by the 46-year-old, who ousted conservative veteran Mariano Rajoy as prime minister last Friday in a no-confidence vote, includes astronaut Pedro Duque […]