Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Raja Faisal Rathore was sworn in as the new prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Tuesday, a day after winning the assembly\u2019s vote to replace the ousted Anwarul Haq. AJK Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Lateef Akbar administered the oath in a ceremony held in Muzaffarabad. The event was attended by the governors of Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, along with PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, senior party leader Faryal Talpur, and various civil-military officials. Following the oath-taking, Rathore expressed gratitude to the PPP leadership \u2014 including President Asif Ali Zardari and Faryal Talpur \u2014 for placing their trust in him.”I pay tribute to the Pakistan Army for defending the nation with their sacrifices,” he said, adding that the PPP was committed to rebuilding the party\u2019s bond with the people of AJK. AJK\u2019s political awareness unmatched Addressing the gathering, PPP Chairman Bilawal congratulated the people of AJK, saying that \u201cpolitics has finally been restored\u201d in the region. He praised the \u201cunmatched political awareness\u201d of Kashmiris and noted that Rathore had witnessed the public\u2019s protests firsthand and now carried their trust. \u201cThe promises Faisal Rathore made to you are a trust placed with me,\u201d Bilawal said, urging the new prime minister to deliver on his commitments. \u201cYou must resolve the issues of the people,\u201d he added. Bilawal said that when elected representatives fail to speak for their people, citizens are compelled to fight for their own rights. \u201cNow in Muzaffarabad, your representative is Faisal Rathore,\u201d he told the crowd, vowing that the AJK government would not operate \u201cfrom behind closed doors.\u201d Turning to India, Bilawal said Pakistan\u2019s stance after its conflict with India \u201cremains clear before the world.\u201d He accused New Delhi of \u201chiding from global scrutiny,\u201d citing the Pahalgam incident in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). He maintained that the US and other countries would continue reminding India that \u201cseven of its aircraft were downed\u201d by the Pakistan Air Force. He further alleged that India was attempting to undermine the historic bond between Pakistan and Kashmir, and claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was \u201cavoiding the world.\u201d\u201cI want to tell the Modi government: you have lost wars \u2014 and now you will lose your conspiracies too,\u201d Bilawal declared. Earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif phoned the newly elected AJK premier to congratulate him. Shehbaz said that uplifting the people of AJK remained one of the federal government\u2019s top priorities. \u201cWe are determined to work with the AJK government for the welfare, economic development and security of the people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir,\u201d he said and assured that his government will extend all-out cooperation in this regard. After the oath, Rathore has become the 16th AJK PM and the fourth of the current assembly. Those who have served in the top post during the current assembly\u2019s tenure, apart from Haq, include Abdul Qayyum Khan and Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan. Anwarul Haq’s ouster The AJK legislative body on Monday voted to remove Haq from the PM’s post, after PPP formally submitted a no-confidence motion against him. A total of 36 lawmakers, including those from the PPP and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supported the no-confidence motion against the ex-PM, while two opposed it. The PPP had moved to consolidate its government in the autonomous region shortly after President Zardari revealed the political strategy last month. The party bolstered its strength in the Legislative Assembly when 10 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawmakers joined the PPP on October 26 during a meeting with President Zardari\u2019s sister, Talpur, at Zardari House in Islamabad. Among those who joined the PPP were Muhammad Hussain, Chaudhry Yasir, Chaudhry Muhammad Akhlaq, Chaudhry Arshad, Chaudhry Muhammad Rasheed, Zafar Iqbal Malik, Faheem Akhtar Rabbani, Abdul Majid Khan, Muhammad Akbar Ibrahim, and Asim Sharif Butt. Later, the PML-N also tendered its support for the no-confidence motion, but decided against joining the government’s fold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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