No-trust motion: AJK assembly to meet on April 15

MUZAFFARABAD: Following the submission of a no-trust motion against Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayoom Khan Niazi, a session of the AJK legislative assembly has been called.

The session will begin on April 15, Friday at 10am. Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf (PTI) lawmakers submitted the motion against their party’s prime minister in the assembly secretariat earlier today.

The motion was signed by 25 members of the legislative assembly including a minister and senior Minister Sardar Tanveer Aliyas Khan has been proposed as successor.

The name of Sardar Tanvir Ilyas has been recommended for the PM slot in the no-trust move.

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According to Azad Jammu and Kashmir interim constitution act 1974, if a no-confidence motion succeeds, the successor proposed in the resolution becomes the next prime Minister without any separate election procedure.

On August 4, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) candidate Abdul Qayyum Niazi was elected as the new prime minister of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) with 33 votes.