Azad Jammu and Kashmir Swears In Eight-Member Provincial Cabinet

New AJK government’s task

DESPITE hurdles, doubts, speculation, a protest movement and delayed polls on seven out of 45 directly contested Legislative Assembly seats, the task of installing a new government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir has finally been accomplished. There had been serious questions about the fairness of the elections. The bitterest criticism was from the PPP, the PML-N’s ally in the national parliament. Even the AJK prime minister’s election was not without controversy. Barrister Iftikhar Gillani was not...

By [email protected] (Ahmed Bilal Mehboob)